why Christian countries are rich and developed?
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According to a study from 2015, Christians hold the largest amount of wealth (55% of the total world wealth), followed by Muslims (5.8%), Hindus (3.3%), and Jews (1.1%)
It is true that many christian societies are not ‘developed’ (e.g. Ethiopia) while there are non-christian ones that are (Singapore
some of the most powerful nations (christian or not) have been guilty of some of the worst corruption, oppression and atrocities in history - exhibiting some of the most repulsive hypocrisy. (One might portray this as ‘God’s blessings abused’???
Also I need to include Judaism here also (their teachings part of the christian Bible) - note that Israel has the highest number of hi-tech companies in the world, has a highly disproportionate number of Nobel Prize winners, etc
some points
- Monotheism - gives rise to a consistent world-view (hence the scientific method). Islam began (around 700 CE) with a scientific renaissance, which continued for about 200 years
- Being a scripture-based religion, it leads to
- literacy
also note the Cyrillic alphabet (named after the Bulgarian monk Cyrill), used in Russia, other Eastern European as well as Central Asian countries, was invented for the purpose of creating a written Bible for the Slavic language-speaking peoples
- the printing press (the Bible was the first mass-published book
in turn leading to the greatest interchange of ideas in history
(3)The teachings in the old and new testaments facilitate development e.g.
- hygiene laws (in Leviticus) - verified by Louis Pasteur in the 19th century
- strict societal norms including stable families, condemnation of corruption
- love and compassion - which helped shaped humane societies. Note that this didn’t happen overnight (e.g. took Britain many centuries ,etc
- work ethic
- restraint and self-control in trials, taking rubbish without hitting back (promotes stability
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