Western culture, and in particular American culture, can trace its origins back to Europe and the time period known as the "Age of Enlightenment" in the 17th and 18th centuries, which placed a high value on concepts such as "rationalism" and "empiricism", which shaped academics and the development of the field of modern-day "science." In short, this period of western culture placed more value on the academic studies of the physical sciences over the study of philosophy, along with the humanities and arts. Parallel to this time period was the development of Reformed Theology in Europe and America that broke away from many of the religious teachings of the Catholic Church. In my opinion much good came out of this period, particularly the translation of the original languages that the Scriptures and the ancient texts that comprise the Bible were written in, into the vernacular languages of the "common people" so that religious "expert
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There is a narrow access road running down the middle of my Pennsylvania hometown cemetery, separating the Catholic “St. Mary’s Cemetery” from the Protestant “Freeport Cemetery.” Separate cemeteries for Roman Catholics are common for a number of historical reasons; but this side-by-side arrangement, in a town small enough for most people to have known numerous deceased on both sides of the road, gives the division of Christian denominations a very personal and tangible power. The different destinations of the bodies of Protestants and Catholics in Freeport is a suggestive metaphor for religious prejudices that proclaim that the souls of the dead also head in different directions depending on whether they spent their lives in the “true” church or in heresy (truth being very much dependent on who is proclaiming). With today’s increasing secularism, mobility, and the scattering of ashes, my hometown’s little asphalt demilitarized zone may seem like a quaint remnant