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January 13th, 2007, 06:22 PM
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Re: Repeat request.
The Church was also a great patron of the arts, and even the sciences, and not just Christianity either-science and art flourished under Muslim rule for a very long time, and Iraq-believe it or not-was at one time the book-capital of the world. The Jews also have a long history of scolasticism and certainly were and are proponents of religious schools, as are Catholics-there's a Catholic school in my home town, for instance.
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January 13th, 2007, 06:36 PM
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Islam was relatively tolerant of the sciences in medieval times, much more so than Christianity. Galileo was threatened with torture, Bruno Giordano was burned at the stake, etc.
There is also no count of how many people were condemned as witches and such.
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January 13th, 2007, 07:00 PM
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So you've got both sides of the same coin. On one hand Orthodox dominions are burning people at the stake, while on the other hand, they're promoting education-alongside religious indoctrination, ofcourse.
The Heretics on the other hand have so many different philosophies and are so disorganized and fueled by misinformation (look at the history of alchemy, for instance) that yes, they have a better economy that will eventually-in a few hundred or thousand years-turn out a fine public education system like we had in the 19th century, but right now is just confusing and deluding people.
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January 13th, 2007, 07:37 PM
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Interestingly Im not sure which side of the coin you are calling heretics. 
(and Id advise not clarifying it for the sake of the thread)
Lets keep the tone light, and the subject gaming please.
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January 13th, 2007, 07:40 PM
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Interestingly Im not sure which side of the coin you are calling heretics.
(and Id advise not clarifying it for the sake of the thread)
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So anyone wanting to stop the beating of this dead horse should clarify.
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January 13th, 2007, 07:42 PM
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Oh Gandalf, I was actually just coming up with a game idea. I wasn't trying to insult anyone, overtly or subtley. It would have been pretty clever if I had though, but no, just taking Newthought's idea and running with it.
I've got an interest in seeing scales become more interesting, and adding an addition to what we have now would be nice.
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