Over the years, events like the Inquisition and the Crusades have gotten a bit of a bad rap. You whiney 21st century moralists would have people believing that it was all torture and genocide, but some leaders in the modern church believe that's sort of a glass-half-empty mentality. What about all the good things that they neglect to mention? For instance, we now have a Walmart in Constantinople, and that's something you wouldn't have gotten pre-Crusades. Plus, the lines at Chick-Fil-A in medieval Spain stretched on forever, until the Inquisition sort of encouraged Muslims and Jews to move elsewhere... All I'm saying is that if you're tired of feeling guilty about what the church "supposedly did" a millennium ago, then you're going to love this episode!

This week, Sam, Casey, and Jeremiah are breaking down a very interesting article from the Lutheran Sentinel called "Is the Church Really to Blame? Shedding Light on the 'Dark Ages.'" In it, the author lays out why our modern view of events like the Inquisition, the Crusades, and the suppression of science are much too critical of the church. We, uh... disagree. Join the conversation on Discord by following the server link on our social media pages!

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