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Originally Posted by tryfuhl
I'd probably say not to champion Christians and Catholics of those who saved knowledge as they did their fair share of destroying it as well.
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Christians did save many works which may have been destroyed in the fall of Rome.
However, ancient Christians also burned the books of Aristotle and Plato, indirectly helping to launch the so-called "Dark Ages." The only reason we still have many of these ancient Greek philosophical classics is because they were saved and studied by medieval Muslims. Of course, Muslims have since burned other books, such as "The Satanic Verses."
I'm agreeing with you, tryfuhl.