Did Christianity cause the Dark Ages???

Answer 1

Yes! At the time Rome withdrew, it was already controlled by Christianity. If not for it, we would have been visiting the planets, in other solar systems, by now. Now we have to wait until 1000 years after Armageddon, when the earth is done being rebuilt into a paradise. Of course by then, with our full mental capabilities, and everlasting life, we may visit them without space ships.

Answer 2

No, the Dark Ages were caused by the arrival of illiterate people from Europe, in the wake of the Roman withdrawal in the early 5th century. The decline of learning and written records during this time is often referred to as the Dark Ages

Answer 3

I think it was the fusion of government and Christianity which caused the Dark Ages and corrupted the church. The church remained corrupt and the world dark until the Reformation which resulted which the almost immediate Renaissance. When Religion and Government are wed- Religion becomes the whore.

Answer 4

No, the withdrawal of the Roman empire caused the dark ages.

The arrival of christianity ENDED the dark ages. People welcomed the opportunity of being ruled from Rome again. It brought some order back to society, after all the tribal warfare.

Answer 5

No. Christianity preserved learning and the teachings of the Bible through the Dark Ages. Without the positive effects of the working of Christianity in the Dark Ages, there could not have been a revival of Christianity with the coming of the Reformation.

Answer 6

Nope, humans caused the Dark Ages not a religion.

Answer 7

Gibbons, in "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is interesting on this, and plainly saw the growth of Christianity in the Roman World as indicative of decadence.

But it seems that where Christain Monasteries survived, usually on the fringes of Europe, so did a degree of learning.

Answer 8

It wasn't the dark ages anywhere else. Like in France for example literacy was very high.

Answer 9

They were not so dark ! We are just taught that they were.
Most history is bunk and used for political/religious (same thing) advantage.

Answer 10

partly yes, by suppressing freedom of thought and scientific enquiry. other factors were involved I expect. thankfully, the muslims kept hold of all the classics of greek and roman literature and let us copy them a few hundred years later, triggering the rennaissance.