11-13-2009, 03:44 PM
I meant it the other way around, that Middle Ages was more "politically correct." (From my history professor, who I remember saying something along the lines of 'we don't call it the Dark Ages anymore.')
And I'm not trying to imply that perhaps the old Europe would have been better off without Christianity itself, just that perhaps the system that was set up (which involved much ignorance and corruption as it went on) was more of a cancer than not.
Also, scholar monks were and are awesome. If nothing else, some of them opted to give up the Book of Kells, which still baffled people today. ^_^
I dunno... it just maked me wonder when I read this stuff on how early China had some stuff, and knowing that certain rather important things such as the study and practice of medicine were carried through that time period by the Muslims, what the world would be like if early Christianity hadn't been so oppressive. Could there have been more room for prosperity for Europe if non-religious ideas had not been stiffled?
I like pondering what-ifs, though this one is a bit hard to imagine. Christianity is so much a part of our culture that it's damn near impossible to imagine live without its influence.
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