text: Of course in 2000 years of history there have been contributions from other cultures as well, the Muslim one being important in the Middle Ages in serving as a conduit for Ancient Greek and Roman culture. So were influences from China and other Asian countries, India, etc. I never implied there were not.
  
  But our basic institutions are based on our Roman, Greek and Christian heritage., e.g. the 7-day week,  our calendar and holiday traditions, our language and expressions, etc.., and there is nothing wrong with that, and there is no reason we should be striving to extirpate these influences from our culture because they happen to have religious origins. That's my point.