| Dragonator said: It is clear that the dark ages held our development back for more than a millennia but there are many other factors that come into place when evaluating the route that science took, especially in the past century. The main driving force behind the latest scientifically, political and mental developments have been the great wars of the 20'th century (WWI, WWII and The Cold War). THAT is what took to shake the old way of thinking imposed by the church over more than one millennia: The realization of all the reality faced by the entire world.
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I disagree as the dark ages doesn't seem to be any darker than the 20th century which have two World Wars. One of the greatest invention of all time was the printing press which was invented during the so called dark ages. Just look at all the doors that opened up with the printing press.
While it easier to judge those witch hunters hundreds of years ago (there were not that many witch trials) it a little harder to judge our own generation who aborted babies like a drive through fast food joint.
Of course we justify ourselves with abortion just like those back then who justify themselves with the witch trials and the crusades.
