07-25-2006, 10:18 AM
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Actually the time when Europe strictly followed Christianity is known as the dark age of Europe. The real scientific progress started when they started defying church.
The real contribution of church is in sponsoring people to travel overseas to colonize and spread Christianity. Apart from making profit by identifying alternate route to India, Vasco Da Gama's intention was to convert locals. So was Columbus. British and French were more sophisticated in doing this because most of the scientifc development in Europe at that time happened in these two countries.
Anyway, back to topic.
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Actually the time when Europe strictly followed Christianity is known as the dark age of Europe. The real scientific progress started when they started defying church.
The real contribution of church is in sponsoring people to travel overseas to colonize and spread Christianity. Apart from making profit by identifying alternate route to India, Vasco Da Gama's intention was to convert locals. So was Columbus. British and French were more sophisticated in doing this because most of the scientifc development in Europe at that time happened in these two countries.
Anyway, back to topic.