Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Religion vs Science


Religion plays a big role throughout the different eras.  People base their actions off of their Religious beliefs (some good, some bad).  The easiest thing to spread over the lands is religion.  For instance, Islam spread to Asia, South Asia, and North India.  Christianity spread all through Europe.
Martin Luther created the 95 theses in 1517 to exploit the corruption in the Catholic Church.  He was tired of these priests taking advantage of people.  Some of them wouldn't even be at work nor have any knowledge of some prayers.  They would instead be vacationing with all the money they are making when the people would “donate” to the church.  The church had people believing that they must pay money to buy a piece of paper that grants people into heaven out of purgatory.  So they abused the minds and hearts of believers in order to get more money out of the people.
Protestantism is a section of Christianity that differs from Catholicism.  They believe in the individual relationship with God, meaning they did not need to consult a priest or higher being in order to reach God in asking for forgiveness or in believing.  It rejects the Catholic hierarchy because of its political turmoil.  They believe in Mary, Saints, and Trinity.  This does not go well with the Catholic Church because they believe there is only one to worship; God.  They also read and interpret the Bible for themselves.  This was not a common act during these times because many were illiterate, so the priests and educated were able to read the Bible.

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