well religion has some historic effects on the world tho. IA Norway (very small probably insignificant) but 1 king gathered the entire country as a whole and united it. (he was a christian) Besides without Martin Luther, we would probably not be where we are today.
Image dump. I tried to avoid angering the hotlinking gods, but as you can tell by the wikipedia links, it resulted in a wee bit of laziness. Choose as you wish; some of the pictures are definitely better than others.
<a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/setton.html" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/setton.html</a> (top link) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Paris.notre.dame.750pix.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Paris.n...dame.750pix.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/demoarea/details/1960_2.131.html" target="_blank">http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/demoar...1960_2.131.html</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:David_von_Michelangelo.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:David_v...ichelangelo.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/lisbon2006/" target="_blank">http://www.opengroup.org/lisbon2006/</a> (The monument on the right. Maybe it's too European in its point of view.) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Loutherbourg-Spanish_Armada.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Louther...nish_Armada.jpg</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/86/5502.html" target="_blank">http://www.bartleby.com/86/5502.html</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Redoutable.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Redoutable.jpg</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chateau..._Ypres_1917.jpg</a>
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->that's blatantly putting words in my mouth. I said I wasn't religious - why would I want religious icons on my wall. I didn't say that it didn't impact the world I just dont care to acknowledge that since it's not something I recognise as important to me.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> They may not be important to you, but they're vital to world history. Whatever the case, the cathedral at Notre Dame should represent Christianity's influence on the High Middle Ages without blending with worship.
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IA Norway (very small probably insignificant)
but 1 king gathered the entire country as a whole and united it. (he was a christian)
Besides without Martin Luther, we would probably not be where we are today.
<a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/setton.html" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/setton.html</a> (top link)
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Paris.notre.dame.750pix.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Paris.n...dame.750pix.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/demoarea/details/1960_2.131.html" target="_blank">http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/demoar...1960_2.131.html</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:David_von_Michelangelo.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:David_v...ichelangelo.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.opengroup.org/lisbon2006/" target="_blank">http://www.opengroup.org/lisbon2006/</a> (The monument on the right. Maybe it's too European in its point of view.)
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Loutherbourg-Spanish_Armada.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Louther...nish_Armada.jpg</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.bartleby.com/86/5502.html" target="_blank">http://www.bartleby.com/86/5502.html</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Redoutable.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Redoutable.jpg</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chateau..._Ypres_1917.jpg</a>
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->that's blatantly putting words in my mouth. I said I wasn't religious - why would I want religious icons on my wall. I didn't say that it didn't impact the world I just dont care to acknowledge that since it's not something I recognise as important to me.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They may not be important to you, but they're vital to world history. Whatever the case, the cathedral at Notre Dame should represent Christianity's influence on the High Middle Ages without blending with worship.