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>> I never said all ideas were borrowed

Well, yes, you did. You said (and I quote):

“When Christianity evolved in Europe, it >>only<< appropriated/borrowed cultural ideas and practices”

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You cut the whole sentence into parts that you thought I said. My sentence continued with... "of those cultures. " The "only" referred to European cultures as the 'only' cultures that Christianity borrowed, mostly because the history of its development that was centered in Europe.

I am aware, of course that early Christianity was also developed in Egypt, Ethiopia, or might be India (if the story about St. Thomas is correct. )