Christianism, historically over centuries have in twined in our Laws, schools, social values, government, even our monarchy.
This didn’t happen over night and it didn’t happen because of some sky pixie rubbish.
To say such is to demise the intelligence of centuries of men and women in every walk of life. It also ignores the benefits we have enjoyed compared to places like the Mid East, and non religious places like Communist Russia, China etc.
These Christian values were also not "fairy dust" they were real issues that damaged people before they were embraced.
Apart from tackling social issues like slavery, Florence Nightingale (nursing), Barnardos (homeless kids), Salvation Army, to recent matters of Teen Challenge (drug abuse), Christians Against Poverty (debt counseling) and CARE confidential (pregnancy/abortion advice/support), lets just look at one value.
The Biblical value of upholding the sanctity of Marriage and refraining from embarking on sex before marriage is as relevant to today as it was 2000 years ago. Our Government is spending millions and trying to educate our young to achieve what many were quite capable of doing on mass many years ago, and failing miserably.
It is not because it is good for God that Christians believe this, it is good for society and the individuals involved.
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