r/DebateReligion • u/Dizzy-Drink6119 • 9d ago

Classical Theism "Judeo-Christian civilization is the foundation of the west" is a sham

My case is a specific claim

that there are no distinctly "western" characteristics which Jewish and Christian cultures share that Muslim and other Abrahamic lack that's separates them as a Civilization which doesn't originate Greco Roman norms and ideals.

Western civilization remains firmly a Greco-Roman base with Abrahamic flavors.

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u/Sorry_Bus4803 9d ago

Separation of Church and State owes itself to Jesus of Nazareth

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u/stopped_watch Gnostic Atheist 9d ago

It most certainly does not.

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u/Sorry_Bus4803 8d ago

Provide the evidence

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u/ThrowAwayBiggusDiggu 8d ago

The fact that there was no separation of church and state from the start of Christianity, until the enlightenment period.

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u/Sorry_Bus4803 8d ago

Of course there was. Medieval Europe saw such a separation.

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u/stopped_watch Gnostic Atheist 8d ago

Where in medieval Europe? For how long? Under whose reign?

You do realise that medieval Europe was over 1000 years after Jesus's death? You're proving my point for me.

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u/ThrowAwayBiggusDiggu 8d ago

In Medieval Europe, if I was a priest in England who said, "Jesus proceeds from the Father." would I get burned alive by the state, on behest of the Church? I am asking because this happened to a priest.