I love this book! Here’s a great quote from the conclusion:
“Christianity created Western Civilization. Had the followers of Jesus remained an obscure Jewish sect, most of you would not have learned to read and the rest of you would be reading from hand-copied scrolls. Without a theology committed to reason, progress, and moral equality, today the entire world would be about where non-European societies were in, say, 1800: A world with many astrologers and alchemists but no scientists. A world of despots, lacking universities, banks, factories, eyeglasses, chimneys, and pianos. A world where most infants do not live to see the age of five and many women die in childbirth – a world truly living in “dark ages.” Continue reading “Quotes from “The Victory of Reason,” by Dr. Rodney Stark”