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lees1975

(6,223 posts)
7. Well, that's an opinion you're entitled to have.
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 09:31 PM
Oct 2024

But the fact of the matter is that Christianity is the single most pervasive philosophical foundation of western civilization, and as such, the very core values of progressive liberalism rest on its perspective of the value of human life, and human equality. Judaism actually introduced those values into the pagan world, but Jesus based his philosophical foundation on a perfecting of the ideology. The idea of human equality and basic human rights codified in the Constitution is taken from the Christian gospel.

The conservative, Evangelical "faith" full of prejudice, bigotry, mysticism and folk religion that centers itself in extremist right wing politics is utter bullshit. It will make excuses for this vulgarity and hatred, which betrays is convictions.

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