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Quote by: Morality Games  Except that has never really been the form of the Christian religon on earth. I can't confidentily state any predominantly Christian society in the centuries leading up to our modern age was a nice place to live most of the time, and that they have become nice places today has more to do with the rise of ultilitarian-style democracies than any innovation within the faith. |
What society in the past ages was a nice place to live?
Portions of Italy were once among the most enlightened regions for learning after the dark ages, all under the sphere of the roman catholic church. You'd have to have a fairly well off and accepting society to allow a painting called "School of Athens" to be done right inside the Vatican.