Who is the most important influence in Western Civilization ?

[Average American]

I know this is a subjective question, but I'm curious on your thoughts..

I would instinctively say Jesus Christ, but I'm not sure he was in Western Civ; He was more of an external, Middle Eastern influence. Martin Luther & Constantine would probably be more profound Christian influences within the West.
For me, Columbus is probably still @ the top, because of the way he singularly broadened the borders of the West, and it's cultural influence.. & the truth is, he believed he was an evangelizer himself.

Your thoughts, other candidates (?)

 

[werewolf]

Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr
President Barak Hussein Obama
Crispus Attucks
Mohammed Ali
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Al Sharpton
Rodney King
Trevon Martin

 

[jaxvid]

Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr
President Barak Hussein Obama
Crispus Attucks
Mohammed Ali
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Al Sharpton
Rodney King
Trevon Martin

You forgot one of the most sainted of all: Jackie Robinson, and no kid goes through school without hearing about Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas, those two fine founders of our democracy.

And we derailed a perfectly good topic....:mmph:

 

[werewolf]

Sorry. The Devil made me do it.

 

[Average American]

Al Sharpton
Rodney King
Trevon Martin

c'mon man, I said civilization, not snivel-ization
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I know you're into history, give me somethin'..

 

[jaxvid]

How about...Charles Martel (c. 688 – 22 October 741) was a Frankish statesman and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death.[SUP][/SUP]


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Martel is considered to be the founding figure of the European Middle Ages. Skilled as an administrator and warrior, he is often credited with a seminal role in the development of feudalism and knighthood. Martel was a great patron of Saint Boniface and made the first attempt at reconciliation between the Papacy and the Franks. The Pope wished him to become the defender of the Holy See and offered him the Roman consulship. Martel refused the offer, but it was a sign of the things to come.[SUP][/SUP]
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Although Martel never assumed the title of king, he divided Francia, like a king, between his sons Carloman and Pepin. The latter became the first of the Carolingians, the family of Charles Martel, to become king. Martel's grandson, Charlemagne, extended the Frankish realms to include much of the West, and became the first Emperor since the fall of Rome. Therefore, on the basis of his achievements, Martel is seen as laying the groundwork for the Carolingian Empire.[SUP][9][/SUP][SUP][10][/SUP] In summing up the man, Gibbon has written, Martel was "the hero of the age," whereas Guerard describes him as being the "champion of the Cross against the Crescent."[SUP][/SUP] (He drove Islam out of Europe until the modern day Euro-weenies invited them back in and are now surrendering to them.)

 

[scroat]

You forgot one of the most sainted of all: Jackie Robinson, and no kid goes through school without hearing about Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas, those two fine founders of our democracy.

And we derailed a perfectly good topic....:mmph:

George Washington Carver. He invented peanuts remember? On the topic of inventors Thomas Edison or Nikola Tesla were both hugely influential.

 

[Old Scratch]

Mohammad, because the rise of Mohammedanism disrupted the face of trade in the Mediterranean mostly closing it off for the Western half of the former Roman empire, leading to new economies and a shift of power to the North sea which are the true beginnings of Western culture.

See: Mohammad et Charlemagne by Henri Pirenne.

 

[Menelik]

Surprised no one picked Gutenberg.

 

[werewolf]

"Who is the most important influence in Western Civilization ?"


Do you mean who is the person who had the most important inflence of western civilization, or what was the most important influence on western civilization?



Speaking of anti-western civilization, the occupational government in Washington has just honored Rosa Parks with a stamp and a statue in Washington. She was a Communist Party member and worked for the Jewish banker owned and operated NAACP and she was an attendee at the Communist Highlander School, just like Michael King alias the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

I met a pretty girl from Ireland a few years ago, but we wound up arguing because she was going on about how Rosa Parks was one of the greatest people in history. They taught her that in Irish schools! They were softening up the Irish for the Negro invasion. See what downtown Dublin looks like now.

Good Henry Makow page on this here:

"Rosa Parks - Proof Communists Run America"
http://henrymakow.com/Rosa Parks - Parks-Proof-Communists-Run-America .html

Note the comment by the Negro. The Negro community in the USA was advancing and improving in almost every way...up until integration.

 

[Average American]

"Who is the most important influence in Western Civilization ?"


Do you mean who is the person who had the most important inflence of western civilization, or what was the most important influence on western civilization?

I'm asking which individual man within the West, had the greatest impact on the formulation & advancement of our civilization.. which guy was the most significant game-changer basically.. & I realize that's pretty broad & subjective, but..

& I'm a stamp collector, I've seen (& passed over) the Parks (forever) stamp @ the post office.. but those designs are par for the course now. At least I've heard of her,.. The USPS is so desparate to honor Black folks, they're using ppl on stamps nobody's ever heard of. They have a whole line of obscure Black Heritage stamps collecting dust ~