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Talk:Evangelical Christians (view source)
Revision as of 23:46, January 6, 2008
, 23:46, January 6, 2008→Undoing citation needs: Contemporary democracy
::: The Swedish do quite well ... and they historically got their democracy from [[Christianity]], which is still alive there now. Contrast that with [[atheistic]] countries like the former [[East Germany]].--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 16:36, 6 January 2008 (EST)
::: The Swedish do quite well ... and they historically got their democracy from [[Christianity]], which is still alive there now. Contrast that with [[atheistic]] countries like the former [[East Germany]].--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 16:36, 6 January 2008 (EST)
JOwen, I'm happy to throw down with you on biblical knowledge :-) I don't speak the original languages, but I took extensive coursework on it.-[[User:MexMax|MexMax]] 18:44, 6 January 2008 (EST)
JOwen, I'm happy to throw down with you on biblical knowledge :-) I don't speak the original languages, but I took extensive coursework on it.-[[User:MexMax|MexMax]] 18:44, 6 January 2008 (EST)
::Contemporary democracy is certainly a result of Christianity, albeit brought about by [[Protestant]]s rejecting the false doctrines and malpractices within the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in particular the teaching and sale of indulgences, the buying and selling church positions and the systemic corruption within the Roman Catholic Church's hierarchy. It was the Protestant belief in individual responsiblity and that each man can be his own priest, allied to a belief in universal education and academic freedom which led to democracy as we know it. [[User:WKirkwood|WKirkwood]] 18:46, 6 January 2008 (EST)