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From: esk@wucs.UUCP (Eric Kaylor)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Dark Ages
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Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 02:33:56 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  1 02:33:56 1984
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>  ( 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