Talk:Deruella/@comment-78.1.68.94-20140110135201/@comment-162.40.198.4-20140111221556

It's like that because sometimes religions are like that. Look at the Catholic Church throughout the Middle(also known as Dark) Ages. It actively and ~violently~ stamped out any real attempts at scientific progress, philosophical discourse and expansion of knowledge that didn't conform to what were, at that time, the ideals of the religion. Because of that period, humanity is roughly 800 years behind where we should be on a scientific and cultural level, at least so far as any contributions from Europeans and/or their descendants are concerned.

Basically, those who have a lot of power sometimes misuse it in ways that seriously hurt the people they're supposed to be serving and protecting.

That's why works of fiction often protray religious institutes as the "bad guys".