[lbo-talk] religion bad for society

[Michael Perelman]

The environment in which Harvard was created was not a social-darwinist protestantism.  
Robert Keene was severely punished for charging too much for a bag of nails.   Keene was 
one of the richest men in the colony.

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 10:50:32AM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Carl Remick wrote:
> 
> >>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> >>
> >>I've often been struck by how Catholics create serious universities 
> >>and important hospitals - what comparable things, aside from Bible 
> >>colleges, do American Protestants create?
> >
> >[How about Harvard?  It's no Notre Dame, but stilll ...]
> 
> That was over 300 years ago!
> 
> Doug
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Michael Perelman
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California State University
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