Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch From: wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (Walt Pesch) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: dark ages Message-ID: <895@ihuxp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 19:55:03 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxp.895 Posted: Tue Dec 4 19:55:03 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 02:44:59 EST References: <728@oliven.UUCP> <2535@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 28 >Yes, >I know that the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and its hierarchy were >creationists and promulgated the Inquisition which was in large part >the cause of the dark ages. Let me make one thing just crystally clear. I was raised a Roman Catholic, and before I became a Godless Programmer, I spent some time in Theology, and not the kind with Sr. Mary but Theology. The RCC did, over a thousand years ago do some rather heinous crimes including burning people, destroying Alexandria, etc. At this time the RCC was fully a part of the Nobility of Western Civilization, with Castles, Armies, and various Self-proclaimed popes battling each other for control of the Vatican. (See wars between Italian and Frnech Popes.) But lets differentiate between what ended qute a few life-times ago and what is the modern phenomenon of Creationism. Never have I heard of ONE Catholic Priest proclaiming that Creationism is a valid theory or fact. Genesis is considered to be an early Jewish fable that is symbolic of God's Power. It is not a literal accounting handed down over the years. So lets not inlcude the RCC with the loonies. Walt Pesch AT&T Technologies ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch " ... And Genuflect, Genuflect, Genuflect"