Did you know...

[trotsky]

that instead of mourning the loss of so many pieces of art and bits of knowledge from the antiquities that were destroyed by Christians, we should be GRATEFUL since it missed a few, and also made sure that it was the only source of literacy and knowledge during the dark ages?

I did not know! I'm glad I do now!

[phantom power]

1. Yeah, and it was mostly the *wrong* bits that got preserved.

Thanks for 1000 years of Aristotle, guys.

:eyes:

[Soylent Brice]

2. did i miss the drama?

[trotsky]

3. Oh it's still around if you feel the need.

The whitewashers of history don't take kindly to facts, though.

[Soylent Brice]

4. PM me.

i have a whole bag of popcorn that's getting ready to go stale any day now.

[laconicsax]

5. Reminds me of a humanities textbook I had.

It covering the history of Western civilization from Sumeria to the Renaissance. A little blurb on the Dark Ages credited Christianity with being a beacon of hope in such dark times. No mention made of course in the Church's role in creating the situation.

[Soylent Brice]

6. EXACTLY.

at the rate we're going we're headed for another dark ages ourselves.

[NMMNG]

7. They'd make Orwell proud n/t