Christianity in the middle ages.

[Athos]

Hi! So, I've been wondering, what do you think about christianity in the middle ages. There are projections that said that if intellectual evolution hadn't been stopped and regressed in the middle ages, today we would be technologically 1000 years into the future. Do you think that the inquisition, the burning of books, etc was something that had to be done?? Or do you think that it was a mistake that christians have to take responsability for??

 

[yoamocuy]

Hi! So, I've been wondering, what do you think about christianity in the middle ages. There are projections that said that if intellectual evolution hadn't been stopped and regressed in the middle ages, today we would be technologically 1000 years into the future. Do you think that the inquisition, the burning of books, etc was something that had to be done?? Or do you think that it was a mistake that christians have to take responsability for??

Definitely a mistake. As to whether Christians today should take responsibility for it? One cannot control what those in the past have done. Based on many of the actions performed by Christians in the middle ages, I would question the authenticity of their religion. Although I imagine it is not much different today. Many people use Christianity as a means to gain power or as a means to preserve power which is obviously not what Jesus taught. Religion in general is the most dangerous concept in the world if used incorrectly and the most beautiful thing in the world if lived by correctly. Unfortunately many see the gain in using it incorrectly...

 

[farouk]

Hi! So, I've been wondering, what do you think about christianity in the middle ages. There are projections that said that if intellectual evolution hadn't been stopped and regressed in the middle ages, today we would be technologically 1000 years into the future. Do you think that the inquisition, the burning of books, etc was something that had to be done?? Or do you think that it was a mistake that christians have to take responsability for??

A:

Since huge numbers of Bible believing Christians were put on bonfires by people who despised them, trying to make the true believer responsible for those who perverted the love of God, and their henchmen, is a crazy idea, frankly.

They endured, because of the love of the Savior from their sins.

You and I need Him, too, because of our sins.

 

[Athos]

And what makes you so sure that it's not being used by someone to puruse an agenda but in a more covert way??

 

[yoamocuy]

And what makes you so sure that it's not being used by someone to puruse an agenda but in a more covert way??

There are people today who use the Gospel for personal gain. There are people today who use religion to pursue an agenda. Only God truly knows a man's heart. I can trust that someone intentions are sincere but that does not mean they are. I can only test my own heart and be sure that it is pure.

 

[Athos]

So you are basically saying that you base your entire perception on reality on a gut feeling?

 

[Free]

Hi! So, I've been wondering, what do you think about christianity in the middle ages. There are projections that said that if intellectual evolution hadn't been stopped and regressed in the middle ages, today we would be technologically 1000 years into the future. Do you think that the inquisition, the burning of books, etc was something that had to be done?? Or do you think that it was a mistake that christians have to take responsability for??

What do you make of the progress by the early Christian church? They founded hospitals, orphanages and education for all, including universities, among many things. Where would society have been if they had not done those things?

Why focus on the bad and ignore all the good, as though that constitutes some argument against Christianity?

 

[yoamocuy]

So you are basically saying that you base your entire perception on reality on a gut feeling?

No, that is not at all what I am saying. What I was suggesting is simply that one I cannot know what one's true motives are in anything. Are you suggesting that you can? Can you know for certain that every good act someone does towards you is done without any hidden motive?

I base my entire perception on reality on a combination of logic and faith.

 

[Athos]

What do you make of the progress by the early Christian church? They founded hospitals, orphanages and education for all, including universities, among many things. Where would society have been if they had not done those things?

Why focus on the bad and ignore all the good, as though that constitutes some argument against Christianity?

Well, the simple answer is that christianity has done society more bad than it has done good. Plus, each hospital, orphanage and university that has been founded by Christians, try to force you to be christian. I've actually seen with my own eyes a christian taking away a plate of food from a homeless person because that person said and I'm quoting "I'm not interested in religion".

 

[Free]

Well, the simple answer is that christianity has done society more bad than it has done good.

I can guarantee you that that argument is not only unsustainable but that more harm has been done in the world by those who do not believe in any god than by those who do.

Plus, each hospital, orphanage and university that has been founded by Christians, try to force you to be christian.

What I am referring to is the fact that Christianity came up with the ideas for hospitals, orphanages and universities. They were the first to bring such institutions into the world. And, no, they do not try to force anyone to be a Christian, at least not all. Not to mention there are atheist professors in many secular universities that try to deconstruct students' religious beliefs and turn them into atheists. This goes both ways.

I've actually seen with my own eyes a christian taking away a plate of food from a homeless person because that person said and I'm quoting "I'm not interested in religion".

So what you have done here, as you have done with your opening post, is judge Christianity by its abuse, not by what it actually teaches. It is wrong for food to be taken from someone for not being interested in religion, or Christianity in this case. That is an abuse, not Christianity.