[MissAmericanPie]

I agree with the "Christianity" part, but that casts a much wider net than just the Catholic Church. I think Protestants did quite well in the good old USofA after having wrenched the bible from the hands of those that didn't allow the ordinary man to read it, and they seem to have been very blessed in all their endeavors, as opposed to Old Europe's stagnation.

Who can disagree that Protestant America and it's Constitution have given the world it's greatest and inspired discoveries.

[Pyro7480]

I think Protestants did quite well in the good old USofA after having wrenched the bible from the hands of those that didn't allow the ordinary man to read it

The "ordinary man," that you refer to, even up until 19th century, couldn't read. Literacy did not become widespread until then. Also, before this time, if you were literate, there was a good chance that you could read Latin as well. Up until the Protestant "Reformation," the Bible was available for anyone to read in Latin, since it was the intellectual language of the time. The problem the Church had with vernacular translations wasn't with the translations themselves, it was the fact that most were bad translations.

[A.A. Cunningham]

after having wrenched the bible from the hands of those that didn't allow the ordinary man to read it

Long ago debunked urban legend.

[murphE]

I think Protestants did quite well in the good old USofA after having wrenched the bible from the hands of those that didn't allow the ordinary man to read it,

Who can disagree that Protestant America and it's Constitution have given the world it's greatest and inspired discoveries.

I can.

[workerbee]

after having wrenched the bible from the hands of those that didn't allow the ordinary man to read it,

From the article: It is much easier to propagate historical myth than most people realize. (but you're doing your part, I see).

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I agree with the "Christianity" part, but that casts a much wider net than just the Catholic Church. I think Protestants did quite well in the good old USofA after having wrenched the bible from the hands of those that didn't allow the ordinary man to read it, and they seem to have been very blessed in all their endeavors, as opposed to Old Europe's stagnation.

You are exactly right. Rejection of Catholic perversion of scripture launched a return to the Bible and the birth of a mighty nation. However, rejection of the Bible at present is destroying it.

[Matchett-PI]

"Who can disagree that Protestant America and it's Constitution have given the world it's greatest and inspired discoveries."

As I set my profile page up to illustrate.