Just the right time to make up god......

The coming to power of Christianity in the 4th century ended the Golden Age of Greece. As their power increased, the Christian leaders showed a growing contempt and intolerance for the teachings of classical science and particularly for those heretical astronomical theories of the Greeks. Quoting scripture, the early church fathers frequently confirmed a flat, motionless earth at the center of the universe. They went so far as to declare that anyone imprudent enough to suggest that the earth might be inhabited on its "underside" was in imminent danger of being branded a blasphemer and put to death. As to the structure of the universe, they preferred to think of it as being analogous to the tabernacle of Moses. This was indeed the beginning of the "Dark Age."

While Europe wallowed in a Christian sponsored orgy of book burning and witch hunting, it was the Arabs of the Moslem world who kept alive in their great universities the traditions of ancient science and philosophy. They preserved many of the texts in which that tradition is enshrined. Later, these texts were to figure prominently in the coming of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment thereby bringing the Dark Age to a close.



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[Edited on 10-11-2003 by Sapphire]

Hey Drav,

I hear ya,,,I know exactly how you feel. As far as I'm concerned, religion and God were created to put fear in man. Before that, man did not know fear,,except for death. Then, as you mentioned,,,be bad and go to Hell, or be good and go to the "Lap of luxury". It's all a big scam for money and to keep humans at bay. If there was no religion,,there would be Mass Hysteria! (and we are not too far from that!!)

Matthew 4:8 - The devil took (Jesus) to a very high mountain, and showed him all of the kingdoms of the world.

This is very weird to me... there is allready spoken of the devil... and still Jesus went along with him..?