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Originally Posted by Robbie
I have to go with what I learned in college over 30 years ago in Western Civ and all my Humanities classes.
And in every one of those classes...when we got to the eras of architecture, art, music, and literature...the Church was large and in charge during the middle ages. And that's why there are no secular examples of greatness (plenty of Church related greatness though).
So to say that NOW...people are rewriting history with articles on the internet doesn't phase me or change my opinion.
History doesn't change. And in my learning experience...BEFORE people started trying to slant history...the Catholic Church was a monstrosity that was extremely detrimental to human development.
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i'm not defending the Church's abominations, we would have progressed faster if the Church had been more progressive but please tell me these countries/civilizations which weren't under the influence of the Church during the Middle Ages that flourished?
We aren't where we are today without the role of the Church, you can't re-write history.
It's preposterous to think that Western Civilization developed into greatness, subjective as 'greatness' is, and that its' most powerful influence and institution had no or little role in it.