I have just seen that the Skepticism thread is locked . I found a book over the weekend Narouz that I think you would like, The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason by Charles Freeman:
http://www.amazon.com/Closing-Western-M ... 1400033802
This books explores the rise of Christianity as a state religion and how this led to the destruction of the Greek tradition of inquiry, philosophy and science, which resulted in a thousand years of cultural decline.
It seems to be a pretty good book; here is the first chapter:
http://books.google.com/books?id=CwafbU ... &q&f=false
And a NY Times article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/15/book ... urope.html
http://www.amazon.com/Closing-Western-M ... 1400033802
This books explores the rise of Christianity as a state religion and how this led to the destruction of the Greek tradition of inquiry, philosophy and science, which resulted in a thousand years of cultural decline.
It seems to be a pretty good book; here is the first chapter:
http://books.google.com/books?id=CwafbU ... &q&f=false
And a NY Times article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/15/book ... urope.html