was his invention of divorce the beginning of downfall of our civilization.
2006-11-22 02:23:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
He had his reasons-either that or make beheadings popular.
2006-11-22 02:26:28 · answer #1 · answered by JustLynn 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't too great a person, no, but there are a lot of people with his attitude to life that did not do the harm he did only because they were not given absolute power. He is more of an example of why no one would should have absolute power in a country because their whim is literally made into law.
I don't think that was the downfall of our civilization. I don't think there is a downfall of our civilization because civilization is so elastic and cyclical. Even in the darkest age, when the group of people in power over the world do terrible things and seem like they are going to destroy the world, their time on this earth as a power is finite. Their era will pass and good people will prevail again, and new bad people will arise and threaten them and the struggle will go on, year in year out for millennia.
2006-11-22 02:29:49 · answer #2 · answered by braennvin2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His adoption of divorce practices was the only thing that saved his later wives from being beheaded. (His first marriage was annulled, although on dubious grounds.) Killing off your wife is far more evil.
Also, he didn't "invent" divorce... it has been an accepted practice in various cultures for centuries, including ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Rome (and it was not the downfall of either civilization).
There are so many inhumane and unjust practices that today's civilization participates in... divorce, although not always advisable, seems pretty innocent by comparison. I would say that greed and selfishness are more likely to be the downfall of our civilization.
2006-11-22 02:37:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Henry VIII did not invent divorce, nor was he evil... he wanted a(n?) heir to the throne, but his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, (a Spanish princess) wouldn't (or couldn't conceive). Anyway, he asked the pope for an annulment/divorce, but as the story goes, Catherine's father had an army about to march on Rome. So the pope said no to Henry's request, Henry went ahead, divorced her anyway, put himself at the head of the Church of England. He is really considered by many historians the first "modern" monarch of England. As far as being "evil,"he was certainly no worse than any other ruler of his time...
2006-11-22 02:33:11 · answer #4 · answered by seamac56 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"i'm Henery the 8th i am i am. Henery the 8th i am.
I got married to the widow next door
she was married time before
and everyone was a Henery
ain't have a Willy or a Sam (no sir)
I ain't no man i'm Henery
Henery the 8th i am" ha ha i love that song.
But yes, i agree with you, though the downfall had started long before. It started with Adam and Eve in the garden by eating the forbidden fruit.
2006-11-22 06:57:59 · answer #5 · answered by Youngling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hm... Well, he really was into all of the material goods and stuff... I doubt it was the downfall even though lots of people are getting divorced, it seems!! :-)
2006-11-22 02:33:42 · answer #6 · answered by misery 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes he was extremely evil and selfish. Ego maniac, paranoid...an absolute monster. Living under him must have been a nightmare.
2015-03-19 14:29:53 · answer #7 · answered by RobinSales 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was evil, don't so much for the divorce issue, but look how he treated his women.
2006-11-22 03:30:26 · answer #8 · answered by rosemist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL
He was a hippie and wanted freedom from a crooked wife
2006-11-22 02:29:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't invent it...he just made it easier. I think he just had a really really short attention span!
2006-11-22 02:57:33 · answer #10 · answered by Baby'sMom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋