Reply #10: How about Theodosius and Justinian (Alexandria and Athens) [View All]

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My brush is no broader than the Christians' torch was wide.

Kudos to Julian for his heroic attempt to save the world. But his kind, intelligent, and just attempt to re-establish a tolerant paganism frightened the miserable, morose, and power-hungry Christians and provoked a reaction from which the human race would not recover for 12 centuries.

The Christian Theodosius made Christianity mandatory, and declared that anyone who was not a Christian was insane. He ordered the wholesale burning of libraries and the destruction of architecture and began a spree of murder and destruction that would not be sated until Western Civilization was destroyed. In my city there is a Catholic Church called "St. Cyril" - as in the thug who presided over the murder of Hypatia of Alexandria and the burning of the Serapium - a real "Saint" indeed!

Not to be outdone, in 529 CE the Christian Justinian closed the Philosophic Academy of Athens that had been established by Plato. In one stroke, the Light of the World was extinguished, and the Dark Ages had began.

Christianity - Putting the Dark in Dark Ages
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/dark-age.htm