[WackyKat]

If Christianity created the impetus for the Age of Reason, why did Europe stagnate for a 1000 years when the Church held sway? In truth, it was the reintroduction of Greek thought into Europe, transmitted through Jews and Arabs, that brought Europe out of the Dark Ages.

The fundamentalist version of the history of Christianity is a completely self-congratulatory mythology that has few points of contact with historical fact.

[itsahoot]

The fundamentalist version of the history of Christianity is a completely self-congratulatory mythology that has few points of contact with historical fact.

Don't you have something important to do, like pulling wings of bugs.