Why did Christianity precipitate what historians refer to as the "dark ages"?

Answer 1

Because Christianity, at its heart, teaches that knowledge is bad. One of the very first things that happens is that one of their gods creations eats from the tree of knowledge. That should be a hint right there.

I've actually seen Christians deny even learning a new piece of knowledge because it might make them question their god.

Christianity doesn't like knowledge because knowledge leads to questioning. And they were much more religious in the past than they are now.

Thats why the Dark Ages happend. Because Christianity had convinced itself of the immorality of women, that knowledge was bad, and that all Heathens needed to be shown the light even if it meant murdering every last one of them.

Answer 2

Christianity .. and in particular, the Catholic Church ... was the only thing that kept civilization going during the "dark ages" which followed the collapse of the Roman empire.

The accumulated corruption of the Roman Empire was the reason for its' fall, and the many years of widespread chaos that followed, were the "dark ages".

Better take another look at those history books ... or get some better ones.

Answer 3

The Catholic church disbanded the centres of learning besides itself. The work of the greek philosophers was only aqvailable in the native Greek or Latin. The centres of learning at the time were based around the Roman Empire: Venice, Rome, Alexandria and a handful of proto-univerisities in centres such as Greece and Egypt. The loss of stability of the Empire gave many nations little time to be secure enough to keep such a academic institution, war disease and economics became more important.

The Church was instrumental in dismantling the centres of learning in it's control. Greek Philosophy was very dangerous. Socrates, Epicuros and Cicero, a handful of men established questions and thought abstract and which led to men finding answers on their own, instead of being told the answers. The centres were closed. Academia did not stop, but works were not published or circulated, there was no wider academic community to record any such advancements in culture or philosophy. Historic accounts start to end, hence one of the meanings of the term Dark Ages.

Answer 4

In the dark ages, the common man did not have the Word of God. Only the priest had the Word of God and they told the people what it said. With the invention of the printing press and the Bible being made available to the common man things changed. People now knew that the priest were not telling them the truth because they could read it for them self. Psalms 12: 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Psalms 12: 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Answer 5

I think it was the fall of the Roman empire that was the root cause-Christianity just filled the vacuum left by Rome.

Answer 6

Because the best way to indoctrinate the masses is too keep them ignorant.

It's amazing how the world has progressed after the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.

Answer 7

it was the darkest point in history when this religion was spread. Kill all who did not convert, the masses were kept ignorant (illiterate) so they could force Christianity on them...a horrible period and all we got out of it was the catholic church and all it's corrupt glory... Advances in science were said to come from the devil!!! All and all miserable time in history thanks t Christianity.

Answer 8

Because they don't want to acknowledge that they have biblical historical dates wrong.

Answer 9

prescipiate? Like rain and snow?

Answer 10

might have had something to do with all the people they killed, libraries they burned and cultures they decimated