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It often seems Catholics conveniently forget that this era is generally considered the dark ages of human history and it wasn't until the Catholic grip began to loosen in the 1500s and 1600s that the western world was able to pick back up where the Greeks left off in terms of advancement and progress.

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It seems that you have fogotten (or perhaps didnt know) that the Catholic Chuch was in large part responsible for the preservation of what we now think of as 'Western Civilization'

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If by "preserving", you mean "retarding its growth" for 1500+ years, then I'd agree.

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Your statement shows either a gross ignorance of or a willful disregard for the facts of the development of western civilization as we know it.