Talk:Castlevania (animated series)/@comment-50.53.119.205-20191008035156

I was really excited to see this series, even though Castlevania is a bit before my time (I was born 1996), I didn't even know there were much more recent games released. Unfortuneately, after seeing episode one I cannot continue watching the series. Which is to say that I cannot support a show that blatantly perpetuates falsehoods regarding the church's goals and motivations. Given that the church was what was funding science for much of the middle ages, the thought that bishops were executing anyone with scientific instruments is nonsense. Much like elements of Jim Crow in 20th century fiction, this would not be an issue if it weren't for the fact that many people actually believe this. I've read countless Ad Hominem attacks on Christianity based on the actions of medievil church leaders. As with every power in the middle ages the church was frought with corruption and used and was expected to use its power in what we now call abuse. But back in the days of Galileo and Bruno the church was not just the hub of religous doctorine but of everything. And the Pope was no more the head of what we now consider to be the church than he was the head of the equivilent FBI, CDC, board of education. If Bruno was executed because of Christianity then by the same logic he was also executed by science and medicine. The problem was authoritarianism. If Catholicism was the problem, then we would still have such unjust executions. This misconception doesn't just harm Christiantiy or Catholicism. Ultimately, I have seen on multiple occasions how the belief that a certain doctorine is anti-science has lead to much devision, hatred, and the inability to see things or accept other points of view.