Western Civilization and the Bible (have almost nothing in common)

There are some underlying values that all civilizations and groups have in common, and - judging by the way of life and displayed moral values of surviving hunter-gatherer societies today - have had in common since the dawn of time. Respect of property and elders, protection of children, egalitarianism etc. There are clay tablets with laws similar to the ten commandments that predate the Old Testament. Aka, they were IN WRITING before Christianity was first made up. They were also observed within the social dynamics of groups of people that didn't even have writing. They are instinctive, far older than any religion (certainly far, far older than the Abrahamic religions), and the Bible did almost nothing to define them or to promote them. Maybe brought some individual values to some individual primitive tribes here and there, but certainly not in Europe. The way a civilization is built can be broadly split into three layers: 1. the bottom layer, the foundation (the ideological beliefs that drive us as a community) 2. the middle layer, the expression of this ideology through behavior (our morality and ethics, unwritten laws of decency, hierarchical relationships, etc.) 3. the surface layer, the expression of behavior through our social infrastructure (laws, politics, arts and entertainment, fashion, industry, economy, traditions and customs and so on.) So, let's look at European civilization. Starting top to bottom:
3. The surface layer was almost entirely borrowed from pagan cultures - Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. Our justice system, political system, entertainment industry, and artistic expression are all taken from AG and AR and are still very similar today. Democracy, equality under a written law, forums and philosophy, school systems etc.
2. the middle layer, the behavior and morality of our civilization are based on universal values that far predate the Bible, in some cases even in writing (as mentioned above). They were not determined, and only in minor ways influenced by Christianity.
1. the foundational layer, the core ideology of Western civilization, is rooted in individual liberty, the strive for personal growth, and the promotion of scientific, cultural, and economic progress. This can be seen in all Western constitutions, major cultural movements, prevailing philosophical theories, and economic and political priniciples, as well as our underlying morality and behavioral patterns (more personal space, democracy, republics, and the voting system, funding of scientific research, the institutionalization of universities, the concept of human rights, the list goes on for some time). This is evident simply in the fact that this core ideology existed in ancient Western societies before Christianity, and they were brought back by the Enlightenment (the movement that promoted scepticism towards religion), and are the most important values we have today!

The only period in European history that did not have the values that we hold most dearly today was the period of Christian monopoly in Europe (from the rise of early Christian Emperors in the declining Roman Empire to the beginning of the Enlightenment). This was a period of absolute monarchies, slavery, and the suppression of science and reason, suppression of religious freedom, suppression of free expression, and so on - with plenty of historical examples to illustrate it. Almost every value we today hold in the West, every value that determines our morality and behavior, that in turn determines our society and way of life - runs in direct contradiction to the Bible, and in direct contradiction to how people lived under Christian hegemony before the Enlightenment.