| HappySqurriel said: The renaissance was absolutely not a retreat from Christianity, but it was a movement away from orthodox views; most of the most famous artists and thinkers in the renaissance were deeply religious people, and most of the most famous works were religious in nature. |
How could the view that answers should be obtained from reason and not from God not be a retreat from Christianity? Yes, Renaissance thinkers were religious people, but they didn't get their answers from God and the Bible, they developed their answers without God. Which is why they were being punished by the Church, or publishing their works on their death bed.
A good example would be a Christan who use to believe in Creationism but now believes in Evolution. Instead of getting their answers from God, the Bible, or religious leaders, they are getting their answers from the methods outside of Christianity. How could that not be a retreat from Christianity?
