If you want to stop Christianity ever existing, you don't need to go back that far. You just need to stop Constantine luckily gazing upon a comet which, to him, looked to be in the shape of a cross.
Quote from: Meta Cognition on January 31, 2015, 05:31:45 PMIf you want to stop Christianity ever existing, you don't need to go back that far. You just need to stop Constantine luckily gazing upon a comet which, to him, looked to be in the shape of a cross.If it hadn't become legitimized and made the official state religions in the Western and Eastern Roman Empires do you think it would have continued to exist underground or would it have fizzled out?
Quote from: CIS Scum on January 31, 2015, 06:05:01 PMQuote from: Meta Cognition on January 31, 2015, 05:31:45 PMIf you want to stop Christianity ever existing, you don't need to go back that far. You just need to stop Constantine luckily gazing upon a comet which, to him, looked to be in the shape of a cross.If it hadn't become legitimized and made the official state religions in the Western and Eastern Roman Empires do you think it would have continued to exist underground or would it have fizzled out?Difficult to say, really. It would probably have remained as Jainism or Zoroastrianism is today; a cult, more than anything, and probably rightfully so.
I believe this says enough.
Quote from: Snake on January 31, 2015, 09:05:51 PMI believe this says enough.The chart is inaccurate and biased, the chart comes from an anti-religion site and also has no legitimate Y-axis.
Quote from: aMetroid on January 31, 2015, 10:49:47 PMQuote from: Snake on January 31, 2015, 09:05:51 PMI believe this says enough.The chart is inaccurate and biased, the chart comes from an anti-religion site and also has no legitimate Y-axis.Even though I agree with you, you don't deny the statement the photo is trying to make, do you?
Quote from: Snake on January 31, 2015, 11:58:03 PMQuote from: aMetroid on January 31, 2015, 10:49:47 PMQuote from: Snake on January 31, 2015, 09:05:51 PMI believe this says enough.The chart is inaccurate and biased, the chart comes from an anti-religion site and also has no legitimate Y-axis.Even though I agree with you, you don't deny the statement the photo is trying to make, do you?I do
Would you care to justify yourself, then? Should be interesting, coming from an intellectual, like yourself.
The Greeks knew the Earth was a sphere and that it revolved around the sun with the other planets. Then came this religion which brought ignorance. We went from knowing that stuff to believing the Earth is flat and that the sun and other planets revolved around it.
Quote from: Snake on February 01, 2015, 12:06:10 AMWould you care to justify yourself, then? Should be interesting, coming from an intellectual, like yourself.The only reason somebody can characterise the Middle Ages as the "Dark Ages" is by being exceptionally ignorant of Medieval history. The Middle Ages were far, far from dark. Not to mention, your graph conflates all three periods of the Middle Ages with the "Dark Ages", which usually only refers to the Early Middle Ages from the years 400-900.
Quote from: Meta Cognition on February 01, 2015, 04:26:35 AMQuote from: Snake on February 01, 2015, 12:06:10 AMWould you care to justify yourself, then? Should be interesting, coming from an intellectual, like yourself.The only reason somebody can characterise the Middle Ages as the "Dark Ages" is by being exceptionally ignorant of Medieval history. The Middle Ages were far, far from dark. Not to mention, your graph conflates all three periods of the Middle Ages with the "Dark Ages", which usually only refers to the Early Middle Ages from the years 400-900.I've always been under the impression that the "Middle Ages" were an abrupt stop for scientific advancement. I've been wrong this whole time, then?
Quote from: Snake on February 01, 2015, 02:47:06 PMQuote from: Meta Cognition on February 01, 2015, 04:26:35 AMQuote from: Snake on February 01, 2015, 12:06:10 AMWould you care to justify yourself, then? Should be interesting, coming from an intellectual, like yourself.The only reason somebody can characterise the Middle Ages as the "Dark Ages" is by being exceptionally ignorant of Medieval history. The Middle Ages were far, far from dark. Not to mention, your graph conflates all three periods of the Middle Ages with the "Dark Ages", which usually only refers to the Early Middle Ages from the years 400-900.I've always been under the impression that the "Middle Ages" were an abrupt stop for scientific advancement. I've been wrong this whole time, then?Yes, pretty much.
What if Christianity didn't exist?
