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For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?

Christianity was shattered by Martin Luther and his Protestant successors. It has splintered into many denominations and sects. Since the Age of Enlightenment, it has been brought to ruination. The governments expelled Christ from schools and the people pursued pleasure. Secular thought swept through nations like a deadly tide. Where has the teaching of evolution led us? What hell has it unleashed? Was banning prayer in school a good thing for the people who once called themselves Christians?

The world wars did not help. They destroyed countries and led to economic and moral collapse. Once you have seen the darkness, it is a struggle to return to the lightness. Judaism is dead. Islam believes it is righteous to have more than one wife. Christianity is lost. The people have become pagans of the 21st century. We are in decay.

Psalmus XI, 3 — Quoniam quae perfecisti destruxerunt: iustus autem quid fecit?
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That's why the Reformation was good. It caused a lot more people to start thinking for themselves, which led to a move away from Theocracy and towards Democracy. The Enlightenment absolutely would not have happened without the Reformation.
Sure, the result hasn't been utopia, but the world is much better today than it was during the Middle Ages. Even with the world wars, there has been much less war since the Enlightenment. Westerners born after WWII have experienced an unprecedented period of peace.