Traditions & Values - Cocytus

ABOUT THIS DESIGN

Modern critics of Christianity like to label believers as extremists of one stripe or another. They call them bigoted, homophobic, racist, far-right, radical, violent, superstitious, Luddite, anti-science, anti-Semitic ...the list could go on.  The truth is that Christianity, far from being extreme, comprises the traditions and values that bestowed upon Western Civilization many of the greatest moral and societal advancements most people today take for granted. 

While critics since the Enlightenment have falsely claimed Christianity is anti-science, the truth is that there is only one civilization on Earth where modern science arose - that region of the world known as Christendom. As Alfred North Whitehead observed nearly a century ago, our belief in the rational comprehensibility of the world around us (the foundation of science) emanated from the Medieval Christian understanding of creation as the product of a rational, omniscient mind. Everything from individual human worth, equality, and dignity (the foundation of human rights) to our notions of marriage, courtship, and family can be traced to our Christian heritage. Christianity was the leading force in ending slavery, and forms the heart of our modern notions of democratic rule. 

Looked at objectively and historically, Christians are not the extremists, rather those who would work to overturn those distinctly Christian values and traditions that have gotten us where we are today.

BESTSELLER AND MOST COMMENTED ON

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THE MESSAGE

The shirt's message directly addresses those who have fallen for the many lies told about Christianity, and Christians, today. It reads: "Christianity.  The Values and Traditions that have guided Western Civilization for Millennia, leading to the End of Slavery, the Rise of Science, and the Pinnacle of Human Achievement. Now, you believe it is bigoted and its followers extremists.  What other lies have you bought into?"