| | Protestants made the Bible available to all by publication of the Bible in the common language and universal education. The mandatory [[celibacy]] of the [[clergy]] (including monasticism) was also rejected. | | Protestants made the Bible available to all by publication of the Bible in the common language and universal education. The mandatory [[celibacy]] of the [[clergy]] (including monasticism) was also rejected. |
| − | {{QuoteBox|Every year, Freedom House, a secular organization, conducts a survey to analyze the situation of democracy and human rights across the globe. Year after year, it concludes that the most rights-based and democratic nations are the majority-Protestant ones. On the other hand, Islam and Marxism, the latter a secular religion, seem to offer the most serious obstacles for the realization of democracy and human rights. In fact, the denial of the broadest range of basic human rights comes precisely from Marxist and majority-Muslim countries. The worst violators of human rights are Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, and the one-party Marxist regimes of Cuba and North Korea.<ref>Zimmerman, Augusto, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/4758 The Christian foundations of the rule of law in the West: a legacy of liberty and resistance against tyranny], ''Journal of Creation'' 19(2):67-73, 2005.</ref>}}
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