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To: cosmicforce who wrote (247684)	3/20/2014 12:05:12 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542043

<<In what turned out to be a revolutionary leap of insight, the Germantowners saw a fundamental similarity between the right to be free from persecution on account of their beliefs and the right to be free from being forced to work against their will.>. Isn't that thinking? It has always been the thinking people that have moved civilization forward. In the middle ages almost everyone was illiterate and life was very dark. Then Gutenberg came along and millions of books were printed and being able to read came back into vogue and we started to climb out of the dark ages. During the Age of Enlightenment we hit the after burners of thinking and off we went and compassion grew and grew. Then in the late 19th century we found out who we are; and so in the 20th century we started to form into real humans, en masse. More human than animals for the first time. And it all had to do with the sophistication of our thinking. No where along this road did the church have anything to do with civilization, except keep the peace once in a while.