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To: stryker
Interestly enough, the Renaissance and the Age of Reason and personal freedom came about only when the printing press made possible such a wide dissemination of the Christian Bible that the Roman Church could no longer impose the death penalty for its' possession.

This is so cool...!

At which Muslim web site did you find this?

This is so comical it's mind boggling.
I was not aware that the nasty inquisition was all about forbidden ownership of bibles. Sort of like in Saudi Arabia today?

54 posted on 11/16/2001 1:09:53 PM PST by Publius6961
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To: Publius6961
Not so outlandish a claim, seems to me. Luther's thesis and Gutenberg occur at the end of the 15th century.
64 posted on 11/16/2001 1:10:14 PM PST by tsomer
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