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Would we still have the Sistine Chapel, the Notre Dame? Would Michelangelo still be as famous? A lot of classical music was created by composers that were inspired by their Christian faith, would classical music still sound the same?

Not a religious debate.

I was just listening to St Matthews Passion by Bach and it made me think of how many things I appreciate about our culture that are inspired by Christianity. How different would our culture be if the Church wasn't such a major patron of arts?

Would we still have the Sistine Chapel, the Notre Dame? Would Michelangelo still be as famous? A lot of classical music was created by composers that were inspired by their Christian faith, would classical music still sound the same? Not a religious debate. I was just listening to St Matthews Passion by Bach and it made me think of how many things I appreciate about our culture that are inspired by Christianity. How different would our culture be if the Church wasn't such a major patron of arts?

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The Greeks and Roman pagans contributed far more. Philosophy, ethics, mathematics, medicine, the study of language, logic and rhetoric, astronomy, art, music, architecture... Pagans gave us that.

On the topic of music especially, Yes, it would sound the same, absolutely. Music theory was pioneered by the Pythagoreans (pagans). We still use the scales and ratios etc that they discovered. That's why the scales have ancient Greek names.

The Renaissance was the rediscovery of the knowledge of Pre-Christian Greece and Rome (though much remains lost) . The explosion in art, music, science and technology Christian Europe experienced is thanks to that rediscovery.

We'd be much more advanced if we never became Christian. Christianity set us back.