Do you know the name of that time when religion ruled and all believed in God?

[allasuchs]

There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.

 

[PaintedJezebel]

Funny, I thought the "dark ages" resulted from the power struggle that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire and involved complex political and military actions by feuding war lords all over Europe. Oh, well.

 

[boojumuk]

Sigh...why are people so ignorant of history?

The DARK AGES are so called because they were the years immediately following the collapse of the Roman Empire. Like today, civilisation and learning varied from place to place in the world. After the Romans went, civilisation in Britain dropped back hundreds of years, and this is why these are called the Dark Ages, not because of any religious beliefs, but because hardly any written history survives from that time.

 

[PaintedJezebel]

Funny, I thought the "dark ages" resulted from the power struggle that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire and involved complex political and military actions by feuding war lords all over Europe. Oh, well.

 

[newgardener]

I called it childhood.

 

[WellTraveledProg]

While I agree with your point, you're factually incorrect.
First, you're only talking about most of Europe and some of Asia -- not the whole world.
Second, no -- NOT all people believed in god. Yes, the church ruled, and so people who did not believe in god usually had to *pretend* to in order to avoid being burned to death, but there were still plenty of non-believers.

The big problem with the dark ages was that government and religion were so intertwined, and the churches had political power. That's a lesson we should all learn from and NOT repeat.

Peace.