RE: Do you think that without religion the crusades would have never happened?
July 15, 2009 at 2:10 pm
[quote='Anto Kennedy' pid='22914' dateline='1247681184']
A movement of thought in the latter half of the 18th Century which influenced (perhaps formed the core of) Republican ideology.
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Thanks for that. I've read intothe French Revolution quite a bit, but never come across it as a possible cause.
By the way, I think the " terror " was understandable in the circumstances i.e. to protect the revolution from counter-revolution.
Quote:If I may intercede gents, what was the Rationalist Enlightenment?
A movement of thought in the latter half of the 18th Century which influenced (perhaps formed the core of) Republican ideology.
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Thanks for that. I've read intothe French Revolution quite a bit, but never come across it as a possible cause.
By the way, I think the " terror " was understandable in the circumstances i.e. to protect the revolution from counter-revolution.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
