How does this contribute to the thread? I thanked you for being civil in my last response and this sarcasm begins already.
No. And his actions show he was not Christian.
Lol, I totally predicted this. I have nothing else to say.
Repeating a lie doesn't make it true. The Fall of the Roman Empire was multi-facetted. Your ignorance is abundantly clear when you attempt to attribute the fall of Rome to one single aspect. I'm really not interested in pursuing this sort of topic with you. It's an insult to my own intelligence.
If it makes you feel better to blame religion for the Fall of the Roman Empire, then I'll happily concede the point. Although I'm not sure how that has anything to do with this topic except to poison the well.
Oh, look at that. An ad hominem attack...The first sign of when someone realizes they have nothing substantive to say.
I said the theory of a flat earth and its rejection had nothing to do with religious grounds. As I stated with Galileo, the real problem was the Church trying to keep its power over the people Europe. And as you conveniently ignored my point, I will underline it again. Power is a secular force. So really, this argument actually works against you. The Catholic Church as an institution has nothing to do with religion. It is a corrupt bureaucracy that seeks to supplant its power over the people.
The only thing this example shows it that people are naturally corrupt and power-seeking. Religion, along with many other ideas and concepts, are vehicles to achieve that goal.
I'm not sure why you feel the need to just blame every human atrocity on religion. I guess that's something all the cool cats do too. I need to get caught up.
I am a religious studies major, so I think I've done my studying. I'm not sure what education you're into, but it is certainly not Religion or History--that much is certain.