[doc30]

The Dark Ages were called just that because CHristianity sought to destroy human knowledge if it in any way countered what the church wanted people to believe. The Renniasance and the Enlightenment changed all that. The Dark Ages, when everyone in the West was Christian and theocratic Church rule was absolute was a black hole of knowledge and literacy. It was a great leap backwards from the days of the Romans and Greeks.

[Theo]

Do you see it as at all ironic that you post such a comment on a website created by a Christian man, a site that affirms Christian principles? Here you are implying that Christianity seeks “to destroy human knowledge,” all the while relying on FR to communicate such an idea.

Again, I say, “Thank God for Christians” ... such as Jim Robinson.

[PeterPrinciple]

The Dark Ages were called just that because CHristianity sought to destroy human knowledge

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I expect more from a conservative than the above. A conservative understands there is NO PERFECTY SYSTEM. Heck, even capitalism isn't perfect and I would not want to live under pure capitalism. There were many factors that brought about the dark ages. That was not a goal of Christianity.

[Lurker]

The Dark Ages were called just that because CHristianity sought to destroy human knowledge if it in any way countered what the church wanted people to believe

What a load of crap....

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[AndrewC]

The Dark Ages were called just that because CHristianity sought to destroy human knowledge if it in any way countered what the church wanted people to believe. The Renniasance and the Enlightenment changed all that. The Dark Ages, when everyone in the West was Christian and theocratic Church rule was absolute was a black hole of knowledge and literacy. It was a great leap backwards from the days of the Romans and Greeks.

You must have slept through all of your history classes(that is, if you took any).

[Wonder Warthog]

"The Dark Ages, when everyone in the West was Christian and theocratic Church rule was absolute was a black hole of knowledge and literacy"

Simply not true. Read up on the iron foundries of the monks in Britain (which were confiscated and destroyed by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I). Those monks were on the very verge of kicking off the "Iron Age" TWO CENTURIES before it eventually happened. Can you imagine were science and technology would be today, if Henry could have managed "to keep it in his pants".