There's alot of pro-christian stuff on this forum, heres some good things "Pagans" gave to the world

Question

Ancient Romans and Greeks were polytheists, and believed in many gods, If we had continued to advance at the rate Rome was advancing in technology, we would all have summer homes on Mars right now!:

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Roads
Philosophy
Democracy
The model Republic
aqueducts (which allowed for huge, healthy cities far from lakes/rivers and oceans)
sewer system
Laws providing for individual ownership
Model for representative court system
Model Senate and representative government
Arches
plumbing
Roman Numerals
Calendar
Formal public education (Ludus Magna)
architecture- including multistory buildings
Colosseum
Circus Maximus
Concrete (Roman concrete could even set underwater- so large arch bridges could be built out of stone, some of which still stand today)

The Greeks and Romans developed the most advanced set of technologies for their time and many of their technologies were only reinvented in the 19th and 20th centuries. All while being total Pagans.

Answer 1

That was why the coming of Christianity and Islam reduced Europe and the Middle East to what is called "The Dark Ages"

Answer 2

Yes thats true. But a lot of this list is not from the Romans or Greeks. Some is from Mesopotamia (you know the big place between 2 rivers under the ###### war).
And a lot of things are from Christianism.
Modern paiting - (just think about Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo Bounarotti)
Classical music (the roots of the modern music)
Modern medicine
Linguistic
Etc. etc.

(And I would forget the Colosseum. Its great but you should remember it was the place where hundreds of humans died...)

Answer 3

Sure, but what does religion have to do with architecture? I'm not a religious person but check out the buddist temples and towers and fantastic landscaping they do in the orient.

Christian architects can be proud of the many beautiful churches and castles of Europe.

All cultures are composed of humans, and human beings sometimes do some pretty good and amazing things when we're not killing each other.

Answer 4

this is something English teachers contribute to the world:


the knowledge of the arcane symbol, illustrated as follows:

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that is generally used to indicate a slightly higher pitch as one moves through the group of words marked with such symbol, commonly known as a "sentence", but which the use of the symbol changes to a "question." Questions are merely inquiries about a subject, and therefore precipitate an answer, and therefore, an answer cannot be given without a question.

It is because of the multitude of questions existing in the world that Yahoo e-mail service created Yahoo Answers, an online service which allows users to post questions, and to therefore have them answered by other user. however, these users cannot provide an answer without a question being asked. This simple fact renders your question utterly without purpose.

Answer 5

How many technological advancements took place between the Holy Roman Empire and the Enlightenment? *coughcough*

Answer 6

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Answer 7

But the greek and the romans were not Pagans, where they? Interesting thought though - we'd probably spend more time constructing ideas if not used too much time on "other stuff"... probably. Yeah, really good idea.

Answer 8

You forgot animal and infant sacrifice, worshiping idols, cannibalism, ancestor worship, belief in fairies, trolls, sprites pixies, dwarves, elves and magic spells; women as property, use of drugs to inspire religious "visions", virginity as an item for sale, voodoo, and all sorts of other things we should bring back into modern life.

The partying naked in the woods under the moon is pretty cool though.

Answer 9

1st John 2:15

Answer 10

Thank you for that,I enjoyed the read. I do although feel anger over the fact that all the Christianites(I made that up)have to come quoting again. So defensive,they are drives me nuts! No sense of humor either,so closed minded. The U>S> gov. built a place for the peagans etc. for the men/woman to hold their ceremonies. Thanks again for the new info.