When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of your ability to think

Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by dalbasal on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:25AM (#35913857)

I don't get it. You mean that old Judaism was pagan before scripture?

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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by nashashmi on Friday May 12, 2023 @06:22AM (#35914257)

Judaism preceded the pagan Roman kingdom. Judaism is a scriptural religion. Judaism gave rise to law as a study.

Non scriptural religions had evolving myths and folklore like Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. Those religions did not contribute to law like the prior comment mentions.

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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by jiggywiggy on Saturday May 13, 2023 @10:44AM (#35928886)

Not really get your point. The Roman law system was pretty advanced without the influence of Judaism.

India developed complicated law system before Judaism. Seems like it's part of human societies that grow in complexity, not something special to Judaism.

Protestantism definitely had a big impact on the development of western empirism and probably modern law. In general our current Western individualistic skeptic mindset is the heritage of the reformation.

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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by nashashmi on Saturday May 13, 2023 @08:09PM (#35934097)

> The Roman law system was pretty advanced without the influence of Judaism.

Roman law development is thought to be put together by judaic influence. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1452148

Indian development is beyond my understanding.

Protestantism led to direct literacy and scholarship in Bible studies. Again, this is influenced by religion. The adoption of literacy is what led to Northern Europe's success.

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