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Originally Posted by SeeBass
I am not argueing, I thought we were just adults having a friendly disscussion. I know it cant be confirmned, it is a discussion about religion for crying out loud. I am throwing out thoughts for discussion.
If you would like to join a forum that had no opinions allowed, it would make for a very slow site.
Do you know why there were dark ages in Europe. It was the struggle of Kings claiming divine right as they used religion to justify their actions.
have you ever seen the order of the masses? God on top with a King claiming to be chosen from God and where was religion but standing at the front right beside them sharing in that power. I would WONDER how long Kings could maintain power with just might and without the aid
of divine right.
Yes there has been good from religion but I feel the cons outweigh the pros.
I wish you all goodnight it is late
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That isn't why there was a "Dark Age" in Europe at all. At all.
The idea and practice of the "divine right" that you speak of didn't come into being until about 100 years following the Reformation, in the 17th century. It was actually quite the contrary in Europe before that. Kings and other rulers didn't have the power to do much of anything all that "kingly" because of the fact that they didn't have much might in the first place. The decentralized nature of the various "countries" didn't allow for it.
The powerful nation-states you see today, particularly in the West, owe quite a bit to the royal absolutism resulting from that divine claim.