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PJMcK

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8. To answer your question

Reply to Duncanpup (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 28, 2024, 08:12 AM

Nov 2024

Yes, the Church wanted to keep the people ignorant.

It's why they kept the Mass in Latin-- the people didn't speak the language.

It's why they stifled education-- it kept the people with small malleable minds.

It's why the Church assaulted Science-- knowledge threatened the Church's hold on the people.

It's why they terrorized people with the Inquisition-- it kept the people afraid and acquiescent.

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