Re: Must civilization fail without Christianity?

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:17:30 GMT, "sharon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>"Was the influence of Christianity and theology as prominent a deciding
>factor in the ascendancy of Western civilization as some Christians have
>stated, or, did a combination of all the other historical factors above,
>play as large a role (or slightly larger a role) than Christianity did in
>the history of the ASCENDANCY of the West?"

Actually, they played an *overwhelmingly* larger role than
Christianity in the ascendancy of the West; there's a reason we call
the period when faith guided Europe as "The Dark Ages". If anything,
Christianity hindered the West's ascendancy rather than aiding it.


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