yorick, you stated or qouted the following:
'why would a nation founded on christian puritans and based on biblical principles and trust in god be the most prosperous, enterprising, culturally advanced and technologically inventive on earth.'
(...........integrating ultimate consequence into a hypothesis must be attempted to ascertain the truth inherent in a particular hypothesis)
the implication being, as you well know, that this particular nation to which you refer, is in some way blessed by a god. the further implication (note the word implication) being that nations who are less fortunate are not blessed by this god.
i merely wish you eplain more fully the thoughts that bring you to this view and why, if you don't think it is so, you imply that it is with the statements that you make.
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offended mistress of the illuminati