+186 Religion had its chance to run the world. It was called the Dark Ages, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

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by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actually, is was a time in Ancient Greece where there was no trade, poverty, and wars.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You're the definition of "dumb fuck."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why are you denying this? Look at Islam. Now realize that the world had to put up with all that shit with Christianity too, in the dark ages.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I do not understand why people do not think it is okay for others to practice what they believe in. As long as they are not hurting anybody or bothering anybody, I do not see the problem. It is painfully ignorant to assume that everybody is an extremist, or a preacher. STFU and let people believe what they want to believe in.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This post isn't about not allowing freedom to practice religion, but about separation of Church and State. All the governments that are ruled by religion are extremely suppressive and undesirable, yet we have Christian conservatives yearning for a government ruled by Christianity nevertheless, such as Rick Santorum.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

First off, when people debate religion, they only seem to think about the abrahamic faiths. But yeah, thanks for clarifying.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Even as an atheist I would contest that America's government is highly oppressive to religious groups. Conservatives hardly argue for a theocracy, they wish to introduce morality to the American public, given that it was lost at some point in the last few decades.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not Rick Santorum. http://sundial.csun.edu/2012/03/rick-santorum-thinks-the-president-should-rule-according-to-the-bible/

by Anonymous 12 years ago

He hardly represents the majority of conservatives, and I personally support Ron Paul. Also, that article had at least one valid poin- a true christian cannot be a liberal in America due to the church's (the original, Catholic church that is) views on gay marriage and abortion. I didn't read much past that, because I don't care much for Santorum.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I wouldn't call Ron Paul a Christian conservative, I'd call him a liberal Republican.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know, and that's the great part - he endorses all of the great parts of conservatism and really doesn't seem to make errors like the other GOP candidates. It's too bad that he doesn't have more media attention.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The Catholic Church is one of the most liberal Churches in America. So that was not a valid point at all

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Given that the Catholic Church is some of the most vocal opposition to gay marriage, contraception, and abortion, you're actually wrong. Get informed.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Um, I've gone to Catholic School all my life and have been a very active member within it since i was 13. I am informed. Liberals can be against those things as well. Especially considering that very few people within all aspects of the political spectrum support the same things. Even my Government classes i took Freshman year of college talked about how Catholic support much more things that liberal politicians stand for as opposed to conservatives.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not sure which issues you would be referring to, but simply based on the issues I stated above, three things which the majority of liberals (democrats) support, the Catholic Church would most certainly not identify as liberal. The right to life issue is perhaps the most important issue for the Catholic Church in American politics right now, and liberals typically support the "pro-choice" movement.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I wasnt arguing that the church was against all of those issues. I am just saying that it is the most liberal of the major Faiths in America. Catholics are almost equal on both sides of the spectrum but as a whole is more Liberal

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not sure I understand... I would argue that morality doesn't have to equal religion. How exactly is the government oppressive? Because in my opinion all this oppression people are talking about is no longer forcing people to praise their God, which is not oppression.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It is currently illegal to bring bibles (and other religious texts) to many public schools, and also illegal to pray. What right has the government to say, "Oh, no, you can't sit THERE and do that..." That's oppression, and I don't see how it was ever passed into law. By the first amendment, nobody ever legally had to "praise their god" under federal law, however societal pressures dictated that they do so. As you can see now, the government is legally preventing people from even simple acts such as praying and reading a book in a public place. It's absurd.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ah, you see we don't have that problem in my school. It's a public school and most people are fairly tolerant, but we did have a conversation once in English where a story related to the bible, and someone said "The one day I didn't bring my bible!" There are two other stories I can tell where people have brought their bible to school and nothing bad happened, but they would be boring. As for the praising their God thing, read about Jessica... I forget her last name but google Jessica school prayer. Then of course our money and pledge of allegiance mentions the christian God. Honestly, I wouldn't even care about that much if this girl in my school hadn't gotten worked up about it saying "Don't take God out of America!"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No, it's not illegal to bring religious texts to school. Where the hell did you hear that? It's also not illegal to pray. Where the fuck are you getting your information? Wikipedia? Or did you just hear that on some fundamentalist Christian radio show?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Source? I've never heard of Bibles being banned in public schools. I just thought that since church and state are separated, and public schools are funded by the state, school funding was not allowed to be spent on religious courses or materials.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If by moralities, you mean pushing social issues that are completely unimportant and invasive, then yes. Since when did abortion, contraception, and gay marriage affect our economy and international reputation? They only bring up those social issues because there is no other way that they can gain traction in elections. We do not have a theocracy because we separate church and state in the Constitution upon which this nation was founded.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"they are not hurting anybody or bothering anybody" Did you not notice this post was referring to the dark ages, know what said ages are, or what?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Sishwbsocuslsjzgd whatever I'm leaving. This topic no longer interests me.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Like and favorite, heard it before but w/e. And giving credit ftw.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The Dark Ages was a time of ignorance and illiteracy ruled by theocrats under the guise of religion (but not true Christianity imo). It was caused by the collapse of the Roman Empire, which was the vast majority of the known world. When a civilization that huge falls, most of the literature and knowledge is lost. So the problem was war and the subsequent loss of culture, not religion, as many love to claim. I'm not claiming to be an expert on that period since I'm in highschool, but I am a 5 year Latin student and have studied church/classic history. The more you know

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ironic username is ironic.

by Anonymous 12 years ago