Originally Posted by Robbie

What do you mean?

It was the Christian Church (and you can pretty much insert ANY religion) that was anti-science and burned libraries and killed anyone who dared to think for themselves.

Hell, they damn near single-handedly dumbed down the entire Western Civilization's gene pool just by killing so many smart people.

What do you mean it would have happened without Christianity? It didn't happen BEFORE Christianity. The Greeks, the Romans...they progressed. Christianity brought the Dark Ages and 1000 years of regressing backwards.