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"Awareness of world religions, especially since the late nineteenth century, played an important role in leading some Christians to question the exclusive claims of Christianity."

"The standard view, which was still taught in both college economics texts and popular literature after the Civil War, was built upon the premise that God created the world with a system of rewards and punishments. People who worked were rewarded, while lazy or profligate people suffered from poverty." Sum bullshit.