On the origin of education: Evolution in British schools

[The_vagabond7]

Kasz216 said:

The_vagabond7 said:
Biblical literalism has never been believed? Am I missing something? Ok, present time aside, do you actually think the ancient Israelites didn't believe in the flood or Adam and eve? Jesus referenced the flood as if was a historical event. Jesus family tree leads back to Adam. Do you really think that the state run church that was burning people that didn't agree the earth was flat had the presence of mind to say "Well adam and eve weren't really people, obviously civilization didn't spring from one couple" when even a disturbing number of modern people can't even figure that out?

Obviously while the bible was being written and since it's been "completed" so to speak, people have taken the bible literally, so maybe I'm missing something when you say "Biblical literalism has never actually been believed". Maybe you care to elaborate kasz, because I'm not following.

The church didn't burn people for beliveing the earth was flat... that's a myth actually.

What churches back then had a problem with was people claiming that people who lived in the other continents had a different origin then those who lived here... and that ocean travel to another land across that vast ocean was impossible and therefore the other lands were unpopulated.

Ok, I got carried away and gave to a bit of hyperbole. I do know that the middle ages flat earth thing came largely from a bizarre romantic notion of the dark ages from more recent centuries. But your response doesn't actually answer anything I was pointing out.