The Dark Ages. The Destruction of the Classical World by Christianity
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"Dark Ages" is a little-known story about how militant religion deliberately attacked and suppressed the teachings of the classical world, initiating centuries of unquestioning adherence to the "one true faith." Despite our notions that early Christians were gentle and meek, willingly embracing martyrdom while singing hymns of love and praise, the reality was quite different. They were cruel, ruthless, and fundamentally intolerant. Unlike the polytheistic world, where the emergence of another religion did not contradict the existence of the old ones, the new ideology asserted that Christianity was the only true path, truth, and light, and that any other faith was false and had to be destroyed. From the first to the sixth century, those who did not conform to Christian beliefs were persecuted by all possible means: social, legal, financial, and physical. Old altars were overturned, temples destroyed, statues smashed to pieces, and priests killed. All this and more is recounted by Catherine Nixey in her first book, which became a worldwide bestseller.
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