Peter Thiel is someone who's thought processes make very little sense to me. I see very little evidence for any kind of direct causal connection between Christ

Peter Thiel is someone who's thought processes make very little sense to me. I see very little evidence for any kind of direct causal connection between Christianity and Western progress. I wonder if these people claiming Christianity supports their belief system have even read the New Testament. You would be very hard pressed to find a quote from Jesus that supports the notion that the most important thing for people to do is to go out fix the world and make a lot of money doing it. When asked how people should live their lives his answer was always that spiritual pursuits were more important than material ones (see, for example, the story of Martha and Mary) and within the realm of material activities the most important thing was helping people.