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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Banks" data-source="post: 1306226" data-attributes="member: 12046"><p>As far as I know, Protestantism started shortly after the printing press was invented (someone correct me if I'm wrong).</p><p></p><p>Because of the printing press, Bibles began to be printed a lot more and became affordable for the public, and people started wanting to eliminate the middle man (the priest) and read/interpret the Bible themselves (the "priesthood of all believers," as I believe the Protestants call it).</p><p></p><p>If a technological advancement as simple as the printing press had such a vast impact on society that entire European countries converted to a different religion (Protestantism), it is not at all surprising how modern technological advancements (post-Industrial Revolution) led to all the societal change we have seen in that time period.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob Banks, post: 1306226, member: 12046"] As far as I know, Protestantism started shortly after the printing press was invented (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Because of the printing press, Bibles began to be printed a lot more and became affordable for the public, and people started wanting to eliminate the middle man (the priest) and read/interpret the Bible themselves (the "priesthood of all believers," as I believe the Protestants call it). If a technological advancement as simple as the printing press had such a vast impact on society that entire European countries converted to a different religion (Protestantism), it is not at all surprising how modern technological advancements (post-Industrial Revolution) led to all the societal change we have seen in that time period. [/QUOTE]
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