What Has Christ Given the World?
Any fair analysis of world history inevitably arrives at the conclusional juncture where Christ stands tall and without rival as the singular catalyst for the world's Enlightenment, all the more conspicuous considering the barbarism and human sacrifice of Greece and Rome flourishing at the time he established the first and only completely love-centric culture in earth history.
The boldness of the claim is exceeded only by the inescapable evidence forcefully supporting it.
Atheists certainly have morals, but they are horrific, sadistic and full of death, misery, suicide and an economic cost in the trillions.
Had the Jesus meme been followed and the Atheist meme fallout been averted, this money could have fed the third world for100 years. To wink at the staggering cost for ignoring Jesus' morals is pure and simply criminal.
The vast preponderance of atheists openly and vociferously in public venues, advocate vivisection, abortion, pornography and its inseparable sex trafficking industry, homosexuality and its conjoined AIDS, STD's, suicide, the greatest pandemic in earth history.
Atheists collect taxes to "cure" cancers they cause by dumping thousands of carcinogens in every conceivable place, but after 70 years of torturing animals,no cure has been forthcoming. So we've bought a lie, wasted trillions on basically sadism, when instead we would have been better off without the carcinogens and spending that money to make Africa a land of plenty. We gamble money on cancer research, but providing basic nutrition, social and educational needs to the poor is always a sure bet and certain life saver. Atheists would rather, I can say this no other way, piss away fortunes on sadism.
What Atheists are really good at is vivisecting, scalding, blinding, paralyzing and maiming cats, dogs, apes, monkeys, chimps, rabbits, dolphins, etc., etc., BUT THE CANCER RATE KEEPS GOING UP as the Science cartel gets rich from the cancer industry.
Cold hearts can't see or feel the truth - the ANIMAL HOLOCAUST IS AN ABOMINATION TO GOD AND MEN WITH SOULS.
If what we see in thousands of animal testing videos is progress from a quarter that can't cure cancer or even the common cold, maybe sane people don't need this brand of atheist progress.
While Christians lead the world in Charity, Atheists lead the world in wasteful heartless torturing at incalculable cost while enriching their own coffers.
• The Church is the largest single provider of health care and education in the world, and in many of the poorest countries where other health care is unavailable, the Church is the only hope of countless souls. Times Online UK
• The Church pioneered modern Social Work.--Jane Addams
Wiki History of social_workJane Addams was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Also co-founded the first settlement house in the US. The Settlement Movement sought to bridge the gap between rich and poor in society: Wikipedia.org/ Settlement_house
Wiki/Jane_Addams
• London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (London SPCC)
After campaigning from SPCC and the wider Church, the UK's first ever law to protect children from abuse and neglect came into being. See Lord Shaftsbury , Rev B. Waugh
Wiki National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children/History
• Save the Children. This large relief agency was founded by Eglantyne Jebb who also campaigned for social reform in this area. The Declaration of the Rights of the Child was adopted by the League of Nations. She also pioneered the Child Sponsorship program.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglantyne_Jebb
• Barnardo's homes -- world's largest orphanage system. Founded by Thomas John Barnardo.
Wiki/Thomas_John_Barnardo
• Protection of young people in our society: English Factory reform bill and anti-poor movement,- Richard Oastler
Christian History Timeline.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Oastler
• Campaign for the protection of children from abuse. Passionate Christian Josephine Butler campaigned for the age of consent to be set and was a key figure in other social reforms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Butler
• Care for the elderly and disabled in society. Christians birthed Almshouse institutions as early as the 10th century. Conditions in these Almshouses were not always good and there was a social stigma attached to them, however, Almshouses did their best to serve the local community with the little resources they had and cared for those who were abandoned by society. They were the forerunner of nursing homes and hospitals. They sought to provide care for those who were no longer able to work. Almshouses are still active today with some 2,600 in the UK alone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almshouse
• Prison reform. The Quakers pioneered prison reform during the Victorian age. Suggested basic human rights for prisoners and teaching prisoners a trade etc.
Wiki/Prison_reform#United_Kingdom
Today, Prison Fellowship International (amongst other Christian ministries) works around the globe in prisons to help reform and rehabilitate prisoners:
PFI.org
Prison_Fellowship_International
• The 7th Earl of Shaftsbury was inspired by his faith to do many things.
He became a Tory MP (Member of Parliament) in 1826, and almost immediately became a leader of the movement for factory reform. He was responsible for promoting a plethora of reform causes, including the Factory Acts of 1847 and 1853, the Ten Hour Bill, as well as the Mines and Collieries Act 1842 and the Lunacy Act 1845. One of his chief interests was the welfare of children, and he was chairman of the Ragged Schools Union and a keen supporter of Florence Nightingale. He was also involved as patron and president in the field of model dwellings companies, which sought to improve the housing of working classes in England.
Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_7th_Earl_of_Shaftesbury
• Braille worldwide system used by blind and visually impaired people.
Louis Braille was an innovator. Lying on his deathbed he said, "God was pleased to hold before my eyes the dazzling splendors of eternal hope…" His system is now used on a worldwide basis.
wiki/Louis_Braille
http://74.84.206.112/ChurchHistory/11630360/
• Pioneering free or low cost health care for the terminally ill in our society dying of cancer.
Macmillan nurses. Douglas Macmillan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Macmillan
wiki/Macmillan_Cancer_Support#History
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop created the first homes/treatment centers for cancer patients in the US. St. Rose's Free Home for Incurable Cancer
wiki/Rose_Hawthorne_Lathrop
• Promotion of International fair trade for the poorest societies in the world. Tearfund.
Trade justice movement, Make Poverty History. Richard Adams OBE.
wiki/Richard_Adams_%28Traidcraft%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tearfund
• Habitat for Humanity, one of the largest charities in the US which internationally provides housing for the poor. Founder Millard Fuller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fuller
• Salvation Army, caring for poor and downtrodden in many different countries. Founder William Booth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Booth
• Leprosy Missions. Dr. Paul Wilson Brand was a pioneer in developing tendon transfer techniques for use in the hands of those with leprosy. He spent 19 years serving in India. During his career, Dr. Brand received many awards and honors. He was awarded the Hunterian professorship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1952 etc…
wiki/Paul_Wilson_Brand
Leprosy Mission International has over 130 years experience working with people that are considered "untouchable" in some societies. Founded by Wellesley Bailey in the 1860s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellesley_Bailey
http://www.leprosymission.org/
• Sight to the blind. Dr. Victor C Rambo was a passionate Christian who could have made a lot of money as a doctor in the US. Instead he lived in India where he "worked from dawn 'til dusk" operating on cataracts where little or no other help was available. Literally thousands of patients were helped through his ministry who would have otherwise been left seriously visually impaired or gone blind.
philadelphia-reflections.com/blog/695.htm
amazon.com/Apostle-Sight-Victor-Surgeon-Indias/dp/0915684543
• Ministry to young people in our society -- YMCA founded in 1844. Nobel Peace Prize winners. John Mott: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mott
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA
Founded by George Williams:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Williams_%28YMCA%29
• World Vision, 1950 – child sponsorship, one of largest relief and development agencies in the US. Founded by Dr. Robert Pierce
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pierce
• International care for the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa. Little Sisters of the Poor / Missionaries of Charity. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980 for her humanitarian work.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
• Samaritans Purse. Humanitarian organisation reaching those suffering in war, poverty, famine, disease and disaster. Franklin Graham
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan%27s_Purse
• Education UK. An overwhelming number of early education establishments were Christian before the State took over.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1050784
• In the UK, faith schools (Christian and Jewish) dominate the league table of performance. Two thirds of the 50 best performing institutions were Church of England, Roman Catholic or Jewish. This comes despite the fact that faith schools account for only one in every three schools.
Faith-schools-leading-way-dominate-league-tables.html
• Lech Walesa. Devout Christian and charismatic president of Poland 1990-95. World renowned human rights activist. Winner of numerous international awards including the Nobel Peace prize 1983 and awarded over 30 honorary doctorates from universities worldwide. Co-founder of Solidarity, the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Walesa
• David Bussau AM (born November 10, 1940) is a pioneer of microfinance, having founded Opportunity International Australia and co-founded the Opportunity International Network. He has been hailed for his innovative approach to solving world poverty by challenging the conventional wealth distribution model of development, addressing the root causes of poverty through responsible wealth creation. According to the World Bank, micro-enterprise has proven to be one of the most effective and sustainable ways to solve poverty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bussau
• Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL.D., (December 10, 1787 – September 10, 1851) was a renowned American pioneer in the education of the deaf. He co-founded and raised funds for the first institution for the education of the deaf in North America. For many years he was principal of that institution. His son Edward Miner Gallaudet (1837–1917) founded in 1864 the first college for the deaf which in 1986 became Gallaudet University.
wiki/Thomas_Hopkins_Gallaudet
• Charles Loring Brace (June 19, 1826 in Litchfield, Connecticut - August 11, 1890) was a contributing philanthropist in the field of social reform. He is considered a father of the modern foster care movement and was most renowned for starting the Orphan Train movement of the mid-19th century, and for founding The Children's Aid Society.
wiki/Charles_Loring_Brace
• Despite being crippled himself, John Pounds (1766-1839) was the man most responsible for the creation of the concept of "Ragged Schools" (charitable schools dedicated to the free education of destitute children). Working in the poorest districts, teachers initially utilised stables, lofts, and railway arches for their classes. The success of the Ragged Schools definitively demonstrated that there was a demand for education among the poor.
wiki/John_Pounds
• Robert Raikes ("the Younger") (14 September 1736 – 5 April 1811) was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman, noted for his promotion of Sunday schools. Pre-dating state schooling and by 1831 schooling 1,250,000 children, they are seen as the first schools of the English state school system.
The movement started with a school for boys in the slums.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raikes
• Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (or Froebel) (April 21, 1782 – June 21, 1852) laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities. He developed the concept of the "kindergarten", and also coined the word now used in German and English.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Fr%C3%B6bel
• Pioneering education for women. Mary Lyon 1797-1849.
She valued socioeconomic diversity and endeavored to make the seminary affordable for students of modest means.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lyon
• Royal Society for the prevention of cruelty to Animals founded by Christians (William Wilberforce). It is the oldest and largest animal welfare organisation in the world and is one of the largest charities in the UK.
Royal_Society_for_the_Prevention_of_Cruelty_to_Animals
• One of the largest international literacy organisations in the world, SIL International, brings literacy to thousands of the world's poorest language communities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_International
• Frank Laubach. Committed Christian and pioneer of world literacy. Known as the "Apostle to the Illiterates" the programs he developed have been used to teach about 60 million people to read their own language. He was deeply concerned about poverty, injustice and illiteracy, and considered them barriers to peace in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Laubach
• Meeting the needs of children in poverty-stricken areas. Mission Of Mercy
http://missionofmercy.org/home/index.cfm?flash=1
• George Mueller - orphanages and education
Mueller took no salary for himself. By 1870 his orphanages had multiplied and they were caring for two thousand children. He was well-known for providing an education to the children under his care, to the point where he was accused by some of "raising the poor above their natural station in life."
http://74.84.206.112/ChurchHistory/11630420/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M%C3%BCller
Pioneering International orphan care. Amy Wilson Carmichael
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Carmichael
• Christian Aid. Christian Aid is one of the biggest international development agencies in the world. It was formed and is still supported by the major Christian churches in the British Isles. Its headquarters are in London. It works with local partner organizations in over 70 countries around the world to help the world's poorest communities. Christian Aid states it works where the need is greatest, regardless of religion, nationality or race.
Trade Justice
Development projects
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Aid
• Education US. Out of the initial 110 universities started in the US, 100 had Christian foundations.
History_of_education_in_the_United_States
• Temperance Movement to address the abuse of alcohol in society.
Temperance_movement#Temperance_movement_by_country
• Pioneering surgery on infants. Dr. C. Everett Koop. Koop performed groundbreaking surgical procedures on conjoined twins, invented techniques which today are commonly used for infant surgery, and saved the lives of countless children who otherwise might have been allowed to die.
C._Everett_Koop#Career
• Michael Faraday. Contributed extensively to the fields of Electromagnetism and Electrochemistry.
Known as "one of the most influential scientists in history. Historians of science refer to him as the best experimentalist in the history of science." Discovered Benzene, invented early form of Bunsen Burner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday
• Alcoholics Anonymous helps 2 million people. It's emergence was inspired by the Christian "Oxford Group".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous#Oxford_Group_beginnings
Co-founder Bill claimed a dramatic spiritual experience of God.
wiki/Bill_W.#A_spiritual_program_for_recovery
Co-founder Dr. Bob Smith said that AA's basic ideas came from their study of the Bible; the Steps, in essence meant "love and service."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Smith_(doctor)
Narcotics Anonymous is also based on the above mentioned 12-step program.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotics_Anonymous
• Pioneers of professional nursing and caring. The first official nurses' training program, the Nightingale School for Nurses, opened in 1860. The mission of the school was to train nurses to work in hospitals, work with the poor, and to teach. Florence Nightingale "the mother of modern nursing". She said that God had called her just before her 17th birthday. Although later in life it is said that she wrote a document questioning the divinity of Christ, so it it unsure if she held to an orthodox Christian theology at that time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale
• Amnesty International. Justice and liberty for oppressed people all over the world.
Started in 1961 by two Christians Peter Beneson and Eric Baker.
Nobel Peace prize 1977 for campaign against torture.
wiki/Amnesty_International#History
• (UK) Recent research showed that 81% of evangelical Christians do some kind of voluntary work at least once a month. This compares with a much lower figure of 26% for the population at large, obtained in citizenship surveys by the Department for Communities and Local Government, and is consistent with comparable differences identified by researchers in North America.
guardian.co.uk/christians-big-society-voluntary-work
Similar results were confirmed through a five-year study by the political scientists David Campbell and Robert Putman.
David Campbell and Robert Putman
• Oxfam was one of the pioneers of modern famine relief. It works to address famine and injustice on a worldwide scale. Founded by Quaker Christians in Oxford in 1942.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfam