Rath said:
The Fury said:
Christianity installed the values in western culture just like Islam values has in middle east and Hinduism has in India as examples. Old and New testament defined a lot of basic values in most of the world. But with more modern thinking and better understanding certain 'values' have been dismissed as redundant. Those which put blame on women or claimed eating certain meats is only allowed on a Tuesday or whatever have been lost while those which can be seen as common decency remain, don't lie, cheat, steal etc. These are not specifically Christian but it depends on how you like to say how they were installed in our societies. |
Those that you have listed as being seen as common decency predate Christianity in Western society. They existed in both Greek and Roman civilizations. They existed in ancient Judaism. Christianity adopted those messages from society rather than instilling them into societies.
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You are right and I understand that, which is why I wanted to point out the old testament. Christianity values are is Jewish in origin. Even if they existed before, many of societies values exist because of the wide spread nature of the dominant religion in the region. For most west society it was Christianity.
