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I'll admit that even Christianity was a step up from what was before How can you know that? What sorts of historical documents (and practices) are you thinking

I'll admit that even Christianity was a step up from what was before How can you know that? What sorts of historical documents (and practices) are you thinking of?

berntb 10y ago
It was a religion for a violent clan society, think Somalia or something. Check e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmgang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmgang A good illustration is the Swedish "peace laws" from the 13th century -- it became forbidden to steal women, kill people in church and attack others during harvest. Consider what that means about the time before those. :-)