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Old 01-29-11, 10:45 AM   #12
Schroeder
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Originally Posted by Skybird View Post
Even me (athgeist), even you are influenced by cultural traditions, historical developements basing and deeply rooting in the basis of asncient Greek philosphy and Judaic-Christain tradition, both in good and bad. What we benefit from today, grew in parts by beinbg fostered by this tradition, but also often gre due to bitter resistance to this tradition.

I am no Christian, nor am I a Greek, nevertheless both have had tremendous influence over me actually turning out to be this "me" that I am, especially intellectually, and value-wise.
I'm fully aware of that. But how many people are still believing Christians here? I'm not sure that it's a majority. The EU wasn't founded because of a religion that most countries have in common.
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