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Originally Posted by Graham
We're not denying that. We were expanding on nguirado's contention that they were developed by the Christian religion in particular.
I do think though that as civilisations grew in power they would have developed these things regardless of religion. Religion, though, has historically been one of our main tools for gathering wealth and mobilising the workforce.
Graham
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I will contend that it was ideals of the three Abrahamic religions that spawned the idea of selfless charity. Specifically, the view that all people, from the leper to the king, are equal in some fundamental way. This is one of the ideas that hasn't gone away with secularization.
Knowledge and science is more complex so I won't get into it now. It would certainly be a long slog.