[Mark Felton]

LOL

Good grief, you clearly show your utter ignorance. The development of agriculture did not begin in those Western regions which later dominated the phenomenl growth in technology and culture over the past 2000 years


Agriculture began in mesopatamia, north eastern Africa and spread to central Asia and then to the West.

Those nations which originated agriculturalism ;ater fell far behind western nations because they did not embrace Christianity. (the correlation is prfound if you would care to scratch below the surface, should your preconceived bias allow such)

You take exception to the blatantly obvious, so there is clearly some agenda or bogtry in your "argument".

In particular consider the explosive expansion of economies and technology as Christianity took on even purer form after the Reformation.

[ndt]

"Those nations which originated agriculturalism ;ater fell far behind western nations because they did not embrace Christianity."

Give me a break. Utter an total BS. Give me a single example of how being a Christian makes one a better farmer.

As I recall it was the native Americans who saved the Christians at Jamestown from starving to death, not the other way around.

[ndt]

"Good grief, you clearly show your utter ignorance. "

Speaking of ignorance, you might to read about the famines in Christian lands in the years 1304, 1305, 1310, 1315-1317 (pan European, millions dead), 1330-1334, 1349-1351, 1358-1360, 1371, 1374-1375, 1390, 1590's (pan European), 1600, 1618-1621 (Italian), 1620s (pan European), 1640s (Italian), 1670s (Italian) 1696 (Finland 1/3 killed), 1740-1743, 1783 (Iceland volcano related), 1817 and the Irish Potato famine of 1845-1849.

[Thalos]

Those nations which originated agriculturalism later fell far behind western nations because they did not embrace Christianity. (the correlation is prfound if you would care to scratch below the surface, should your preconceived bias allow such)

As the world came out of the Dark Ages there were three powerhouses in the world.

The Middle East had repelled several Christian invasions, but their environment was so depleted that never again would the term "Fertile Crescent" apply. Not until the discovery of oil would they acheive any importance on the world stage.

China had better technology and almost a hundred year head start on "treasure fleets" - ie colonizing and looting - but one bad decision on the part of the ruling class completely ruined their worldwide prospects. They chose to forgo sending out more fleets and lost out on the greatest period of exploration and expansion in history.

This left Europe to dominate the globe by default, as no other area of the world could compete at all. Saying this domination has happened for the past 2000 years is obviously wrong, though.