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c6gunner4/04/2009 3:57:14 pm PDT

re: #197 ConservatismNow!

Art. The church was one of the largest backers of the arts during the 15th century.
Music. Most of the great musicians before modern times were backed by religious patrons.
Charity. Religious groups today are some of the largest contributors to humanitarian work.

So you’re saying we’d have no art, no music, and no charity without religion?

Please. Don’t be silly.

BEER! Beer was brewed by monks.

Ok, I’ll give you that one :) But we’d still be drinking wine, mead, and all sorts of hard-alcohol.

Literacy. If it was not for monastaries, literacy would have all but died out.

Also nonsense. The Greeks and Romans had a good start on that, until Christians destroyed Alexandria and turned the Roman empire into an oppressive theocracy. Ok, so they turned it back around a thousand years later. Yippee. Your point is still wrong.