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Originally Posted by peter12
So, just additional drive-by corollary:
- All or almost all of the countries known as Christendom have, disregarding catastrophe, developed into the freest, and wealthiest countries in the world.
- All or almost all of the countries under the Caliphate have, disregarding massive oil reserves, developed into some of the most despotic, and poor countries in the world.
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Now, this seems like a pretty obvious oversimplification, if the implication is that Christian doctrine is inherently imbued with some magic that causes adherents to emerge from their dogmatic cocoon as free-thinking secularists. I suppose your argument on this point would have to be that "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's" is somehow crucial to developing societies with a wall of sorts between Church and State. I don't think that comes close to covering it.