What have Christians done throughout history to make the world a better place?

Answer 1

Lets see:
1. The field of Archeology.
2. Many scientific advancements
3. The removable printing press
4. Discovery of the Americas
5. Banking/Credit systems in Europe
6. Public Education
7. Hospitals
8. Patronage of some of the most prolific artists and writers in history.

Answer 2

It is Christians who make a big difference in hurting areas of the world. The Salvation Army, Operatin Blessing, World Vision, Mother Theresa and others like her.... all these and more have gone to places in the world where you never see a Buddhist or Hindu, or Islamic soup kitchens, orphanages, food pantrys etc. When the Tsunami hit a year ago, Christians organizations from all over the world flooded the hard hit building homes, providing food, repairing boats, rebuilding schools.

Answer 3

About the book "How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization" (Hardcover)
by Thomas E. Woods Jr.

Ask a college student today what he knows about the Catholic Church and his answer might come down to one word: "corruption." But that one word should be "civilization." Western civilization has given us the miracles of modern science, the wealth of free-market economics, the security of the rule of law, a unique sense of human rights and freedom, charity as a virtue, splendid art and music, a philosophy grounded in reason, and innumerable other gifts that we take for granted as the wealthiest and most powerful civilization in history. But what is the ultimate source of these gifts? Bestselling author and professor Thomas E. Woods, Jr. provides the long neglected answer: the Catholic Church. Woods’s story goes far beyond the familiar tale of monks copying manuscripts and preserving the wisdom of classical antiquity. In How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, you’ll learn: · Why modern science was born in the Catholic Church · How Catholic priests developed the idea of free-market economics five hundred years before Adam Smith · How the Catholic Church invented the university · Why what you know about the Galileo affair is wrong · How Western law grew out of Church canon law · How the Church humanized the West by insisting on the sacredness of all human life No institution has done more to shape Western civilization than the two-thousand-year-old Catholic Church—and in ways that many of us have forgotten or never known. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization is essential reading for recovering this lost truth.

Answer 4

They started the majority of charities, The Red Cross, Salvation Army. And most the first colleges were started by Christians.

Answer 5

I'm thinking...nothing? Unless you consider "converting" thousands of people who already had their own religions and thinking they have the right to condem millions of people to a firery endless afterlife in the bowels of hell making the world a better place. However, there have been truly good Christians, like Mother Theresa, who have done good things for people.

Answer 6

Universities and hospitals come from the Judeo-Christian faith. How much does the USA do in various ways to help other countries past and presently?

Answer 7

Fed the hungry, gave drink to the thirsty, clothed the naked, welcomed the stranger, visited the imprisoned, educated the ignorant, sheltered the homeless, cared for the sick and the dying...

Answer 8

One example that came to mind immediately is all the good work of Mother Teresa throughout her lifetime. She spent her life caring for those who no one else would.

Answer 9

Most of the democratic countries, where people are free, come from a Christian heritage. Just to mention one...

Answer 10

Martin Luther King Jr, ring a bell?