Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site wucs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!wucs!esk From: esk@wucs.UUCP (Eric Kaylor) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Dark Ages Message-ID: <528@wucs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 02:33:56 EST Article-I.D.: wucs.528 Posted: Sat Dec 1 02:33:56 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 03:29:29 EST References: <729@oliven.UUCP> Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis, CS Dept. Lines: 31 [] > ( Did the dark ages just happen? > Did many of these well meaning, but frightened, individuals knowingly > help further the development of this ideological holocaust ? > Could thinking people haved stopped it? > Could it happen again? ) > danw > > 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. However, it was not that they believed > that God created the universe that motivated any of that (misguided) > endeavor. > ???? > > Granted , the creationists were no more directly responsible for the > dark ages, than the hitler youth was directly responsible for > the holocaust. > danw Just a historical note here. At least in my history books, the dark ages are referred to as the time from the fall of Rome to the early medeival period, i.e. 500-1200. Far from having 'caused' the dark ages, the church was probably one of the few factors that saved much of civilization during this time of turmoil. The inquisition was mostly a factor during the late medeival and rennaissance periods. Although organized religion has been responsible for many problems, the dark ages are not one of them. Eric Kaylor ihnp4!wucs!esk