Sentences with phrase «west is civilized»
We take the West for granted, the only reason the west is civilized is because of religion.
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This particular item can perhaps be dismissed as an oddity, but its appearance underlines the more general point that the most important intellectual and institutional expressions of the Christian faith, including Rome and Canterbury, have found almost nothing of value to say about the current Middle East crises, and more generally about the West's struggle against militant Islam and terrorism, and the terrifying possibilities now facing the entire civilized world.
If you honestly think Christianity helped the west become more civilized then you are too brainwashed beyond hope.
Deep ecologists have pressed the question of why civilized human beings, and especially those in the modern West, have become so alienated from nature.
Synopsis: After taming the wild west in the comedy «Shanghai Noon,» Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) are back in the saddle, but off the range — this time, they're out to settle a score in civilized London in the sequel, «Shanghai Knights.»