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minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64arrow-down8·3 months agoMost of them were forced to be religious or they’d be burned alive as heretics. How many were actually atheists? Id wager most
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·3 months agoAlso, for a long time one of the only ways a non-rich person could get an education was by joining the clergy
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoIt turns out that taking 10% of an entire community’s wages can fund so much more than extravagant buildings… like, an education!
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·3 months agoYep. If you weren’t doing science under the church, the church was rarely happy someone was doing science. Everything had to be approved by the church at every step. Not just science, but often art as well.
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI really wonder what scientific discoveries the Vatican has stored away in their vaults
minus-squareSaledovil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoProbably something, but likely nothing more advanced than what we currently have.
minus-squareTransporter Room 3@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoImagine the world we would live in if the dark ages never happened…
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoPerpetual motion puppies.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoMaybe deists, not necessarily convinced of the Christian god but thinking there could be something in control.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoI bet some of the non devout were agnostic deists, believing in general “intelligent creation”. Some of these folks view the pursuit of knowledge on the universe as understanding God’s designs.
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoEspecially once you get into genetics and evolution. A lot of those theories directly contradict creationist theories.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoCatholics don’t have a problem with science in fact the belief is that it is a sin if you have a talent given by God and waste it. The problem are the Christian sects that decided to interpret the Bible literally that led to these conclusions.
Most of them were forced to be religious or they’d be burned alive as heretics.
How many were actually atheists? Id wager most
Also, for a long time one of the only ways a non-rich person could get an education was by joining the clergy
It turns out that taking 10% of an entire community’s wages can fund so much more than extravagant buildings… like, an education!
Yep.
If you weren’t doing science under the church, the church was rarely happy someone was doing science.
Everything had to be approved by the church at every step. Not just science, but often art as well.
I really wonder what scientific discoveries the Vatican has stored away in their vaults
Probably something, but likely nothing more advanced than what we currently have.
Imagine the world we would live in if the dark ages never happened…
Perpetual motion puppies.
Maybe deists, not necessarily convinced of the Christian god but thinking there could be something in control.
I bet some of the non devout were agnostic deists, believing in general “intelligent creation”.
Some of these folks view the pursuit of knowledge on the universe as understanding God’s designs.
Especially once you get into genetics and evolution. A lot of those theories directly contradict creationist theories.
Catholics don’t have a problem with science in fact the belief is that it is a sin if you have a talent given by God and waste it.
The problem are the Christian sects that decided to interpret the Bible literally that led to these conclusions.