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zugzoog

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In Antiquity; Hammurabi's code of laws.

This set of the notion of rule of law in society, gave structure to economic transations, set graded penalties and safeguarded rights.

While the structure of the document and the laws written would be anachronistic to our eyes, they are the foundation of Western Civilisation.
 
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dethman

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i'm not religious, but the birth of ol' JC has to be it. he has played a huge role in the development of modern culture.
 
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Kadarin

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Originally posted by: zugzoog
In Antiquity; Hammurabi's code of laws.

This set of the notion of rule of law in society, gave structure to economic transations, set graded penalties and safeguarded rights.

While the structure of the document and the laws written would be anachronistic to our eyes, they are the foundation of Western Civilisation.
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Incidents such as the birth of Jesus are not even in the same order of magnitude as these. Up there also are the invention of agriculture, the control of fire, invention of the wheel, invention of writing.

Up there also are the printing press, the Industrial Revolution (along with mass production and the assembly line), World War 2, the Rennaisanse...
 
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DurocShark

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Ok, I did a joke but the more I read of ya'll's posts, the funnier I find yours, and less funny I find mine.

Individual battles? Birth of philosophers? WTF?

Jesus and/or Mohammad would be #1. The effect of them on the world while they were alive was small. But in their names long after their deaths soceities have been built, destroyed, changed, and rebuilt.

No single living human has had that kind of effect on the world. Jesus for the Christians and Mohammad for the Muslims (or those in their names) have helped identify and quantify morality. The other side of the coin is that the same names have been used to justify wars, murder, rape, etc.

They are powerful names, whether you believe in their respective religions or not.
 
yhelothar

yhelothar

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I would completely rule jesus out. What percent of the world has Jesus affected and what percent of the world has Edison affected?
Movies, sound reproduction, and electrical lightbulb has a far greater impact on the world than Jesus. Jesus only affects around 25% of the world. Only 33% of the world are christians which half are catholics, and a lot don't worship Jesus. Let's not forget that almost half of that 25% don't really even "worship" him, they just kinda accept him as his personal savior and attend church on sunday so they don't go to hell.
Let's not forget that Edison discovered the first practical use of electricity, which greatly increased technological advancement exponentially in the industrial revolution. Edison impacted our lives greatly not just on a Sunday morning, but every single day of our lives.
 
TallBill

TallBill

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I'm still waiting for a link to a book or reference or something that says that jesus exists.
 
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PatboyX

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Crucifixion i win.
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i think most christians would suggest that the crucifixion without the the return would be sort of anti-climactic.
 
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AcidicFury

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Printing Press. Hands down. Without it, we could not spread ideas over long distances efficiently, thus eliminating the need for any things such as countries, etc.
 
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Hyperblaze

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women were born?

Without them...we would never be able to reproduce. Also, we would never have anything to admire and oogle!
 
kage69

kage69

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The emergence of language.


And all these jesus replies are just slightly better than gag responses, a la "porn." C'mon people, give a good answer without involving your religious subscription!
 
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djheater

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Those of you saying Christianity, and the fall of the Roman Empire have Justinian's Plague to thank for it.

Justinian set out to rebuild the Roman Empire and he was originally pagan, if the plague hadn't come along, putting the final nail in the coffin of Rome and making a convert of poor old Justinian, likely heralding the Dark Ages, which were really the turning point for Christianity to grab hold of the world, who knows where we would be.

Justinian's plague killed 100 million people, half the population of Europe. That's HUGE.
 
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