Jerusalem and Western Values

A few million years ago, a hairy apish creature sat down by the cooling embers of a fire, and gazed up at the night sky. And there, among the rotting carcasses of animals and hooting of his family, the first philosopher was born. Since the beginning of man, the human race has always looked to the stars for answers to questions that are intrinsic to our being. We have always wondered what it was that …

…to its directly powerful influence in global politics. It is undeniable that religion, to believers otherwise, is a large part of all our lives. Moreover, as imported and American as apple pie, it is as much as a part of the American heritage as any other. We as a community owe a great deal to the ideas first conceived in Jerusalem, and for better or worst, the west would not be the West without it.