Re: Most Important Invention?

[John D. Giorgis]

At 08:19 PM 2/21/01 -0800, Doug wrote:
>You missed my point entirely.  I think that the kind of compassion
embraced by
>Christ has changed the nature of humanity itself.

It is my understanding that most historians consider "Greco-Roman Heritage"
and "the Judeao-Christian Tradition" to be the two pillars of Western
Civilization.   Given that Western Civilization has gone on to dominate the
world - this is probably not a bad argument.

JDG
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