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Eko

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15. I agree with all that but

Reply to applegrove (Reply #14)

Fri Apr 8, 2022, 07:42 PM

Apr 2022

it doesn't change the fact that saying that China lacked faith is the reason they lagged behind just doesn't make sense when you look at all the facts. China has one of the longest stretches of governments if not the longest in the world.

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This is true of the US too. How desperate must the Trumpies be? [View all] applegrove Apr 2022 OP

I have to say I actually went off on someone yesterday at my grandson's Bev54 Apr 2022 #1

Some are not stupid but people with the capacity for faith in human applegrove Apr 2022 #2

Sorry I think you are giving them far too much credit. These people only parrot Bev54 Apr 2022 #4

I may be talking about a percentage of them. There is another applegrove Apr 2022 #5

I dont think faith is the reason Eroupe ruled the world. Eko Apr 2022 #7

If you have the capacity to have faith in religion, you have applegrove Apr 2022 #8

Do you think it takes more faith Eko Apr 2022 #9

No. Going to war is something else entirely. I have not studied that. When applegrove Apr 2022 #10

Well then, since it takes more faith to go to war Eko Apr 2022 #11

Don't know. applegrove Apr 2022 #12

From what I can find and this could be wrong Eko Apr 2022 #13

There is also pillaging, bloodlust and rape in war. Sadists and applegrove Apr 2022 #14

I agree with all that but Eko Apr 2022 #15

I knew a guy from China in Ottawa. He was my brother's roommate. applegrove Apr 2022 #16

They definitely lagged behind when it came to the industrial revolution. Eko Apr 2022 #17

Yes they are flying rabbit Apr 2022 #3

Old snakeoil: "I'd be a millionaire if we could get the gubmint off'n my back" Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2022 #6