@ said:I think we were temporarily pure before The Fall - just when they invented apple strudel. Regardless of the Judeo-Christian writings and how they are interpreted, they cannot claim that their version of god is all powerful, all knowing and all good. That being the case and with all the suffering and evil that is part of our life that god becomes irrelevant. There other philosophies that are more complete, original and sensible that the Judeo-Christian version. It is a just a shame that the Judeo-Christian god got the numbers up - by hook and crook by the way.
And your point is demonstrably flawed by looking at all the culture nations and empires that have rose and fell with out any influence either from the west, or any form of western religious teachings. None I believe demonstrate the purity you are looking for