If you want an argument where you may receive respect, try someone who thinks that the "enlightenment" was a good thng. I don't. BTW, the "dark ages" were actually the Age of Faith.
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Yep, and that's why we started doing research. We found "faith" to be lacking in answering the questions asked. The bible didn't tell us about how rain or wind come to be, science does. And using that knowledge we can predict the wheater to some extent and use it to our advantage.
Well, he's partly right. The dark ages were the age of faith. They were still the dark ages. They are not mutually exclusive, and some would argue they are necessarily mutually inclusive. Either way, faith does not have any sort of strong correlation to improving society.
Ah, the good old days of ignorance, superstition, and theocratic control.
Yup Faith = Ignorance.
"the "dark ages" were actually the Age of Faith."
BTW, the "dark ages" were actually the Age of Faith.
Yes, they were. I mean, the "Faith" was more or less inspired by fear and ignorance, but yeah, sure, Faith.
Oh, shit. So now thought and reason are bad things?
Let's see, disease, war, crusades, real religious oppression, a life expectancy of about 32 yrs, serfs, feudal lords, 98% illiteracy, poverty, etc. And you think this is better than the age of enlightenment and the age of reason & industrial revolution that followed? Man you are one twisted, sick, evil puppy.
If I hit him in the head, with a hammer, really hard, do you think he'll get smarter?
BTW, the "dark ages" were actually the Age of Faith."
What, the Renaissance never happened? We skipped the Mediaeval period and went straight from A.D. 1200 to A.D. 1630? The Enlightenment did NOT follow the Dark Ages (500-1200-ish, depending on where you were).
Re Inmate 22841666:The most successful, advanced, and largest culture during the Dark Ages was Islam.
Absolutely correct. If the crusades hadn't nicked their technology, this may still be the case.
The Dark Ages were 'Dark' because Christianity was being defeated and pushed back by pagans and muslims.
The Dark Ages were Dark because of the fall of the Roman Empire because the Christians burnt all their books and killed all their scientists.
Faith lost a lot of ground during the Black Plague, when it proved completely impotent in the face of a terrible epidemic. After that, people started turning to logic and reason, science and technology to help themselves, and have never looked back. It didn't happen overnight, but eventually the Enlightenment did come.
Julian , actualy it was he mongols, not the crusaders, that destroyed islamic civilization,
ah Julian , my appologies, I completely missunderstood you, I now look like a total ass.
If you want an argument where you may receive respect, try someone who thinks that the "enlightenment" was a good thng. image
I don't.
You think the enlightenment was a bad thing? Dude, you're posting on the Internet, which would never have been invented without the enlightenment! You wouldn't even be alive right now if it weren't for the enlightenment!
BTW, the "dark ages" were actually the Age of Faith.
You say termaters, I zader matermorts.
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