That man (Singer) is being intellectually dishonest, trying desperately to find reasons for this wonderful modernity other than the influence of those simpleton “JudeoChristian” values we hear so much about. It was the move away from superstition and paganism (brought on by the great monotheistic religions of Judaism and Christianity) that allowed the Western world to move forward and those that didn’t follow to stay the same. And I believe there is every chance we most certainly will slip backwards into the same idiotic abyss when we quit drafting off, yes, Christianity. So there.
LOL - I'm not arguing! Representative democracy based on personal sovereignty came directly from Christianity. And you don't even have to study the tidal wave of confirmation of this obvious fact in the Founder's writings - all you have to do is look around the world at any other religion, and see what sort of government came from them.
Thanks, hulagirl.
It was, indeed, the Christian values that led to a much less barbaric Western Culture.
Of course, those values are too “simplistic and restrictive” for the moral liberteens of our age, that seek to do everything in this list:
Gal 5:19-21
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.