Re: Most Important Invention?

[David Hobby]

> I'm agnostic and as such I don't believe that Christ was the son of God, but I
> think that the idea of a compassionate god - one that can forgive - has been
> pivotal in setting humanity on a path apart from base natural selection.

        Or we could turn this around, and say that the pivotal idea 
was that there was something to forgive in the first place.  Many religions
have gods who neither judge nor forgive.
        So are you just looking at an evolution from Judaism to 
Christianity?
                                                ---David
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