Bush commutes Libby sentence

[Jester]

It has been a part of every culture. Like family and property, it is universal constant in human society.

That would be my point. It is everywhere, and therefore to single it out as a driver of change is problematic. It begs the question: what changed religion, if religion changed something else?

Religion had been around a long time, and yet 'all men are created equal', meaning equal in terms of rights, had not been a very popular idea, up until around 1700. What changed? Since religion is so omnipresent, I would put my money on some other factor.

Slavery was perfectly popular with religious folk until around 1700. Indeed, enslavement by-christians-for-christians-of-heathens made up the bulk of world slavery, from 1500-1800 or so. Why the change in opinion?

Eppie cuts religion out of the picture of culture entirely. That is almost certainly wrong. But I don't think it makes sense to put religion on too high a pedestal. Society is mostly driven by other things.

-Jester