Pre-Islamic Persia wasn’t atheist, they had many religions.

That aside, I never said it wasn’t possible for a nation to prosper without Christianity, but the advancement in the human condition that happened under the rise of Christianity and the formation and flourishing of Western culture over the last millennia simply isn’t comparable to anything that came before.

Our political and justice systems. The magnitude of scientific advancements. The number of people worldwide lifted out of poverty. The obscene degree of luxury people who live in Westen countries experience on a daily basis compared to prior generations. The medical advancements. The space race. Splitting the atom. The advancements in the last 200 years alone are exponentially higher than any other time in human history.

Pre-Islamic Persia wasn’t atheist, they had many religions.

That aside, I never said it wasn’t possible for a nation to prosper without Christianity, but the advancement in the human condition that happened under the rise of Christianity and the formation and flourishing of Western culture over the last millennia simply isn’t comparable to anything that came before.

The magnitude of scientific advancements. The number of people worldwide lifted out of poverty. The obscene degree of luxury people who live in Westen countries experience on a daily basis compared to prior generations. The medical advancements. The space race. Splitting the atom. The advancements in the last 200 years alone are exponentially higher than any other time in human history.