Yup, Seneca pointed it out millennia ago- "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
Apologists would have you believe that the RCC supported the growth of say, mathematics. In the sense that the pope bamboozled people with prediction of an eclipse, mathematics was supported. For church use only. When the cat got out of the bag, as always happens, then the claims shifted.
Apologists would have you believe that the RCC supported the growth of say, mathematics. In the sense that the pope bamboozled people with prediction of an eclipse, mathematics was supported. For church use only. When the cat got out of the bag, as always happens, then the claims shifted.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.