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tomc · 05-07-2008, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Boanerges

No offense but some of those seem to be merely propaganda. That it was a time of great spiritual oppression is historically evident.

Now, I understand more of what you mean.

Children in a family needs to be protected from evil influences. As result, there will be a balance between freedom and protection. A society is the same.

The most important goals of mankind is to know God and the Truth, to seek eternal salvation and to have a healthy family.

What we need is the rights and freedom to do all these things.
Now, in the Middle Ages, these freedom and rights are fully protected, although there is no freedom and rights to spread heresies or do damage to others' souls. So that's excellent.

But in the Modern age, there are all sorts of freedom and rights, but , wait, there are also the rights and freedom to spread heresies, lies and do damage to others' souls. Today, there is huge confusion in the intellectual and spiritual spheres. In the religious sphere alone, religions are like a supermarket, it is so confusing. Besides, there is also high rates of suicides, family break downs, robberies, rapes, drugs, murders, gun massacres, domestic violence, etc.

So, which era is better ?

Therefore, personally, I think the Middle Ages is NOT the Dark Ages.
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If we don't read the following books, we are unfair to the Middle Ages -

The Victory of Reason: How Christianity led to Freedom, Capitalism and Western Success (Prof Rodney Clark)
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization (Thomas E. Woods Jr)
Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians (Jeffery Burton Russell) - proved that the notion "people during the Middle Ages believed the Earth was flat" was only a lie.
The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Context (Edward Grant)