As you know, for most of the past 500 years most scientific, industrial, and cultural development in the world has occurred in the Caliphate or in Persia, most notably around the great Academies of Alexandria, Damascus, Baghdad, Samarkand, and Shiraz. In the past 200 years, the great empires of China and Japan have also quickly copied our knowledge and have often excelled at implementing these technologies. Just 20 years ago I couldn't have imagined Dazhong Cars made in Nanjing flooding the streets of Baghdad, or Toshiba electronics in every household in the Caliphate.
By contrast, the Christian civilizations in Europe seem to be stuck hopelessly in the past. I haven't heard of any scientific innovation or discovery from Europe in the past century. Last week I heard that English women will still not be permitted to drive, and that a par of Russian men were publicly hanged for being gay. That's awful, and maybe it reflects the backward nature of Christianity. What does everyone here think?
By contrast, the Christian civilizations in Europe seem to be stuck hopelessly in the past. I haven't heard of any scientific innovation or discovery from Europe in the past century. Last week I heard that English women will still not be permitted to drive, and that a par of Russian men were publicly hanged for being gay. That's awful, and maybe it reflects the backward nature of Christianity. What does everyone here think?