(September 8, 2014 at 8:49 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:(September 8, 2014 at 8:45 pm)Polaris Wrote: About the Dark Ages being when religion ruled the world (they probably mean Europe)...doesn't resemble the actual historical record and the worst religious issues in Europe actually occurred later on during the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods though that would likely be a non-sequitur.
Though you wouldn't dispute that within Christian Europe, to openly think critically about the faith meant certain ruin and sometimes death, right?
It was really Christian Europe until they united after the Moorish Invasion of France during the 8th century CE. When the European rulers united under the banner of Christianity, the Dark Ages were pretty much ended.
Christianity actually has a lot to thank for the Moslems invading Europe...it did wonders to foment the power of the Catholic Church.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
