...and chose not to?
2007-01-01 08:20:40 · 5 answers · asked by Sifting 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
allot was this times... the European culture was kind heavy handed with force.. giving rise to the need in many people's heart to desire something better in the New World
free will is a loaded issue.... we have free wills... but we have fallen natures tinged with sin... we have free wills yes... but they are limited by our fallen sin ruined natures ... so we are free to do as we like but we like to sin more thqan we think... so we are freely in bondage... and in need of a saviour...
allot of what went on in the middle ages was people freely choosing their preferences and traditions over the word of GOd..perhaps not ever realizing they sold the farm
2007-01-01 08:22:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Dark Ages occured after a period of Opressive rule by the corrupt elite Religious Monarchies of Europe (1% of the total population) that sucked the life out of their subjects, putting people to death for unfounded reasons, causing famine, denying education and opressing millions. By the time the Dark Ages arrived most in Western Civilization had evolved to look elsewhere for answers from the divine. The experience from the recent predicessors set the mood as the religious, the Christian Monarchy were just as, and more so, barbaric.
You will find in even modern times, generally, Europeans aren't THAT religious.
You have periods of history where the religious prove themselves to be zealots and a total danger of humanity, then that cycles out and people forget, new faith found. And the revolution continues...
2007-01-01 16:52:33 · answer #2 · answered by radar2007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They had free will and chose to be barbarous. They did what they thought was right in their eyes.
2007-01-01 16:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They had freewill, but back then people were filled with silly superstitions and ideas that clouded reason and common sense. Nobody seemed interested in questioning anything, and if they did, they were killed because of "heresy," even if what they were questioning had nothing to do with religion.
2007-01-01 16:27:09 · answer #4 · answered by Lady of the Garden 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In what way "barbarous"?
2007-01-01 16:22:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋