The Catholic Poverty Trap

[EternalOptimist]

The 'dark' in Dark Ages is a metaphor for missing historical records; and is regarded as the time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the construction of the great northern European Gothic cathedrals around the time of the Normans.

hey now dont be talking sh1te to me noddy. Theres plenty of historical records.
The dark ages refers to a move away from classical intellectuallism and into an age of superstition and ignorance.
I am not saying the church caused it, they just presided over it

[Diver]

hey now dont be talking tulipe to me noddy. Theres plenty of historical records.
The dark ages refers to a move away from classical intellectuallism and into an age of superstition and ignorance.
I am not saying the church caused it, they just presided over it

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[NotAllThere]

I rather gathered that the protestants were rather more tolerant of intellectual endeavour.

Tyndale wanted to get the bible to the masses so they could hold the bishops to account over what _they_ said was contained within its pages. He was executed under the orders the Catholic church.

[ThomasSoerensen]

With the capacity to support 5 billion

I predict that the planet will not have 10 billion people while onl being able to support 5 billion.

This is a self-fixing problem. Not a nice way to fix it though.

[DaveB]

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Make Room! Make Room!