yeah i too feel the early Christians had a very solid and good message, now as for how far we have come cognitavly is tough to say in my opinion, i agree that by looking at our world, it would seem as though we are quite backward and rotten to the core. at the same time it could be that we have not yet found a solution/s to some very large problems we seem to have; grave lack of equality, justice and freedom, amongst other things. i wish i knew what to say.