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The Church has never struggled to answer this weak objection. It is the same objection made by the Indifferentist heretics who try to point out that there are some apparent tangible goods existing within the false religions of the world. The simple answer is that these goods exist in spite of the false worship and not because of it. As I said to the character above, the good of the pre-Christian European civilizations paled in comparison to the bad - for the good existed practically per accidens while the bad existed per se, or was essentially linked to the civilizations themselves. In other words the pre-Christian civilizations were founded upon evils that ultimately led to their collapse. I am talking about dependence on slavery (no mobilized / just labour system), usury (no moral economic system), and sexual degeneracy (no sexuality conforming to the moral order). A sophisticated war machine and advanced architecture looks impressive but is nothing unique, and China and Japan had equally if not more impressive military and architectural traditions long before the Greeks and Romans figured it out. The only point where Europe actually began to surpass the rest of the world was after its conversion and unification through Christianity, where it developed a true scientific tradition preserved through the schools founded by monks, formalized philosophy preserved through the monastic system, healthcare via nun-managed hospitals, and actually moral economic and sexual norms.
If you think DNA is what made Europe great than you have an unfortunately juvenile understanding of human history, and no conception whatever of the vital role that grace has played throughout it all. You would do well to study history more closely (and delve into theology while you are at it).
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[–] PeaceSeeker ago
The Church has never struggled to answer this weak objection. It is the same objection made by the Indifferentist heretics who try to point out that there are some apparent tangible goods existing within the false religions of the world. The simple answer is that these goods exist in spite of the false worship and not because of it. As I said to the character above, the good of the pre-Christian European civilizations paled in comparison to the bad - for the good existed practically per accidens while the bad existed per se, or was essentially linked to the civilizations themselves. In other words the pre-Christian civilizations were founded upon evils that ultimately led to their collapse. I am talking about dependence on slavery (no mobilized / just labour system), usury (no moral economic system), and sexual degeneracy (no sexuality conforming to the moral order). A sophisticated war machine and advanced architecture looks impressive but is nothing unique, and China and Japan had equally if not more impressive military and architectural traditions long before the Greeks and Romans figured it out. The only point where Europe actually began to surpass the rest of the world was after its conversion and unification through Christianity, where it developed a true scientific tradition preserved through the schools founded by monks, formalized philosophy preserved through the monastic system, healthcare via nun-managed hospitals, and actually moral economic and sexual norms.
If you think DNA is what made Europe great than you have an unfortunately juvenile understanding of human history, and no conception whatever of the vital role that grace has played throughout it all. You would do well to study history more closely (and delve into theology while you are at it).