Texas wants to rewrite the US History books

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Which assertion about the Battle of Hastings?

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Did the Roman Empire fall before or after 1066? That my friend is when Christianity was forced upon the British by descendants of Vikings living in modern day France off the WWII famous coast of Normandy.

That one. It is simply and unequivocally wrong with no basis in historical fact. Christianity in Britain was established by the Romans during their occupation of the British Isles and preserved through monastic life after their withdrawal. The Saxons, who were defeated at Hasting by "descendants of Vikings living in modern day France" most assuredly did not have Christianity "forced upon them" as they were already Christians.

You used this blatantly wrong assertion to counter my argument that christianity played a large role in saving ancient knowledge after the fall of the Western Roman Empire which I, in turn, had made to counter the "All Christians are idiots b/c some Christians are idiots" arguments that seemed to be pervading the thread.

Thus, after some had seemingly asserted Christians are ignorant and uneducated, you made an ignorant and uneducated statement to refute my assertion that not all Christians are ignorant and uneducated.