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whitherthewest.com
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| | | | | The relationship between Christianity is far richer than the simple story many of us have been told. This article takes a deep look at how religion, science, institutions and humans have interacted to shape the modern world. | |
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| | | | | The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World. Catherine Nixey. London: PanMacmillan, 2017. 305 pages. H. Carr opens his What is History? by claiming, "When we attempt to answer the question, What is history?, our answer, consciously or unconsciously, reflects our own position in time, and forms part of our answer to the broader question, what view we take of the society in which we live." Reading a work of history, then, tells the reader just as much about how the historian views his own society as it does about the historical subject under consideration. Catherine Nixey's The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World fits Carr's paradigm. Nixey frames her work as popular revisionist history: "The history and the ... | |
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ischristianitytrue.wordpress.com
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| | | | | We have all heard about the "Dark Ages" between 500 AD and 1500 AD. Some common descriptions include: "There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the Dark Ages." - Ruth Hurmence Green (1915-1981, a notable atheist with the publication of her book The Born Again Skeptic's Guide to the... | |
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ourfiniteworld.com
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| | | A major reason for the growth in the use of renewable energy is the fact that if a person looks at them narrowly enough--such as by using a model--wind and solar look to be useful. They don't burn fossil fuels, so it appears that they might be helpful to the environment. Energy modeling misses important... | ||