But the theory of burning of the library didn't say that Christians burned the library. Had they said that Christians burned the library because the library didn't agree with the bible, then I would have given a modern day example of Christians burning their own knowledge (which I can't think of a modern day example). But the theory is that Muslims burned it, so I gave a modern example of the Taliban destroying their own knowledge.
but they are no madder than the,abundance of anti science , flat earthers , moon hoaxers, evolution didn't happen lot that American has,, that is all built on it not agreeing with the bible that would destroy the books if they had the chance, not to mention the lot destroying historical statues all over the south , and don't forget they burnt Beatles records for being anti god
well no they arnt,destroying their own knowledge, all that they are destroying it pre Muslim, so ergo, nit theirs
Suppressing and destroying are 2 different things. Suppressing is an effort to keep something from coming into existence. Destroying is a "permanent" removal of something that exists. Christians destroyed works from their scientists, but much of their destruction of knowledge was the destruction of knowledge that came from different cultures. They took what they needed and claimed it their own and destroyed the rest. This is the more common type of destruction of knowledge that humans do. Destruction of your own knowledge isn't common in comparison since destroying your own knowledge is the same as destroying your own group, culture, or civilization. Which is what Christians were doing when they were destroying early science. Literature books are a different type of knowledge destruction. Here the knowledge may or may not be a historical or science base knowledge. Literature could be an opinion, satire, or even about sex.
killing what is currently one of the,clevererest men in the world for writing a book that contradicts the bible, IS destroying knowledge that would benefit man kind and the,countless millions that,died through the,destruction of medical knowledge
I agree with this. This is why there is such a gap. But that type of destruction of knowledge was common back then. If it was foreign knowledge, discovers would take what was useful to them and claim it as their own, destroy the rest, and force the inhabitants to learn their history, language, and perspectives. It wasn't until later on as civilizations matured, that they understood the value of what was lost by destroying that knowledge. I would hope that the lesson has been learned but human history has shown that there will always be someone out there that makes it a goal to destroy knowledge. A nuclear war would have a similar effect. Things of great value would be lost that aren't related to money, jewels, and precious metal. All research, knowledge, and information within the area of destruction would vanish.
this fits my definition of what destroying means. I'll wait for you to catch up to my other statements before I reply
no, if it contradicted the bible they would destroy t, if it was other wise useful ir not, anything that said the garden if Eden wasn't the birth of humanity and any thing that,suggested the tribes of Israel wernt the colonizers of the world was destroyed.
Which burnings destroyed some knowledge but the majority of it wasn't on destroying knowledge. The majority of it was simply accusing people of things that weren't true. Some of the killings were done to advance power or to feel powerful. There were regular people who didn't practice medicine or science that were burned or drowned for being a witch. They are records of women being burned as a witch simply for having sex. While some people who had valuable knowledge were killed. I wouldn't classify it as a culture destroying it's own knowledge. Anymore than a murder killing a doctor or scientist today.
that not my point, people who were using medicine proven to work from ancient times, were burnt, this as late,as the,1700s, it was considered a black art
there have been witch trials in Europe, Italy springs to mind in the,20th century
in fact witch craft was a criminal offence in the UK u till 1951
Well regardless. Thanks for the conversation but I don't want to get into any discussion about Witch Craft. So I will end my contribution to taking the conversation so far off topic.
Witchcraft =/= Paganism
Good point. IMO functional martial arts should strive to adapt to the time and geographical location that they're in. For example; if a Karate or Kung Fu teacher moved to the Philippines and opened a martial arts school their curriculum might start to incorporate more knife defenses. Considering the overwhelming majority of murders in the Philippines are done with blades, it would simply makes sense to do so. This can be done while still maintaining the concepts of your system though.
