2007-01-29 09:42:41 · 13 answers · asked by FAUUFDDaa 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
*sigh*
Even the priests abandoned the children they had baptized
2007-01-29 09:50:43 · update #1
From the documentary I have seen today, not to many.
2007-01-29 09:47:23 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The 14thC was a deeply religious time. We can count on one hand how many atheists there were then. The plague did not affect this at all. They did become more morbid in their general outlook and more fatalistic. While it certainly didn't make anyone MORE religious it certainly didn't turn them away as most people would not even have comprehended the option of not believing!!!
2007-01-29 17:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by Tirant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw the documenary on the History Channel and thought, "I wonder how many athiests on Yahoo Answers will have a question about the Black Death?". LOL!
2007-01-29 17:52:36 · answer #3 · answered by Michael M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If anything more people believed in G-d after the plague than before. It was a time of great spiritual awakening.
2007-01-29 17:49:13 · answer #4 · answered by Jen of Eve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did.But then I was born after the Black Death
2007-01-29 17:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by rosbif 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I'd imagine the Plague led more people to religion. If you lived, it must have been a miracle and all those other people who died just didn't believe enough.
2007-01-29 17:48:45 · answer #6 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think the people who lived would turn to religion to help calm them down, and they would feel they had been saved or spared for some purpose.
Thus, none (or at least very few) would become atheist due to the plague.
2007-01-29 17:47:24 · answer #7 · answered by Jay 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would hope ALL, but thats not going to happen. Did you know Germanic Christians slaughtered Jews via the Popes orders during that time?
2007-01-29 17:48:03 · answer #8 · answered by Sean 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1/3 of the population died, yet the birth rate was 4 times higher.
Off topic..
Anyhow, I don't know. Try here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
2007-01-29 17:48:24 · answer #9 · answered by Doug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The few hundred people left in Europe...that was the end of the Dark Ages and the beginning of the Great Enlightenment...go figure, eh??
2007-01-29 17:47:19 · answer #10 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
what's the black death ?
2007-01-29 19:06:36 · answer #11 · answered by Zahran 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋