Any more fail than just the Dems Hilary Clinton?

Believing that something not being a top priority isn't still a priority fail.

I fail to see how being a religious figure and a scientific figure are mutually exclusive. I think George Lemaitre would disagree.

Pope John Paul II

Well first, you need to understand that monks copied or translated works. They didn't write history books, etc; so you're probably not going to find books penned by monks. Partly for the whole humility thing. So, for example while not exactly a history book, Beowulf. We have Beowulf because monks copied and preserved the story or wrote down the oral tale. That literacy rate you're talking about while harmful didn't stop the monks. The clergy was the literate of the "dark ages" (a misnomer but I'll still use it for our purposes here); they could read and write.

Your history is slightly off too. The Renaissance came about because of the works coming out of the Arab world at that time. The Crusades ironically are what kick started this. Prior to the Crusades, Arab works trickled into Europe.

They weren't against free thought or free exchange in general. They were against free thought and free exchange when it dealt with theological matters. The early colleges and universities were started by them. Those institutions allowed the free flow of knowledge in Europe.

You apparently have never heard an oxymoron then lol.

Or if you think it was common when Galileo was arrested, you'd still be wrong.

As far as scientific knowledge goes, you are dead wrong. Barbarians razing things tended to do that.

The key aspect of the creation of man with respect to Catholicism is that man's soul was the direct creation of God. Not something that sprung from evolution or natural phenomenon.

It's a tenet of the Church actually.

http://www.vatican.va/archive/... :

What's your problem with pudding?

Redistribute that wealth yo.

Also Auto Alliance: http://www.autoalliance.org/me...

Man, swing and a miss.

As AC said, just because you're an American, doesn't mean you can't be anti-American. But you'll notice General Motors is there as well as something called the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...