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But for more than a hundred years, and even longer in England, religious wars occurred between Catholics and Protestants.  Tragically, Christians killed other Christians in furtherance or defense of the new religious denominations.  To this day the division between Catholics and Protestants weakens Christianity in several respects and makes it easier for enemies of Christianity to prevail.

But for more than a hundred years, and even longer in England, religious wars occurred between Catholics and Protestants.  Tragically, Christians killed other Christians in furtherance or defense of the new religious denominations.  To this day the division between Catholics and Protestants weakens Christianity in several respects and makes it easier for enemies of Christianity to prevail.

The competition between Catholics and Protestants may have some benefits.  In modern times the Catholic Church was the original leader against abortion, with the Protestants eventually agreeing.  Protestant evangelicals have been the leaders against teaching evolution (e.g, the American William Jennings Bryan in the 1920s).  In the papal encyclical “Humani Generis” (1950), the Catholic Church prohibited teaching evolution contrary to the biblical Adam, but Catholic schools routinely teach evolution anyway.  However, recent signs suggest a Catholic shift against evolution.  Most Christians oppose same-sex marriage and agree on most social issues.  Protestants are on average wealthier than Catholics and tend to support free enterprise more, and evangelical Protestants are often more vocal on social issues.  Catholics generally prohibit divorce, while Protestants allow it.  American Protestants tend to oppose immigration more than Catholics do, while Catholics tend to oppose the death penalty more than Protestants do.  Perhaps the competition makes everyone try harder.

The competition between Catholics and Protestants may have some benefits.  In modern times the Catholic Church was the original leader against [[abortion]], with the Protestants eventually agreeing.  Protestant evangelicals have been the leaders against teaching evolution (e.g, the American William Jennings Bryan in the 1920s).  In the papal encyclical “Humani Generis” (1950), the Catholic Church prohibited teaching evolution contrary to the biblical Adam, but Catholic schools routinely teach evolution anyway.  However, recent signs suggest a Catholic shift against evolution.  Most Christians oppose same-sex marriage and agree on most social issues.  Protestants are on average wealthier than Catholics and tend to support free enterprise more, and evangelical Protestants are often more vocal on social issues.  Catholics generally prohibit divorce, while Protestants allow it.  American Protestants tend to oppose immigration more than Catholics do, while Catholics tend to oppose the death penalty more than Protestants do.  Perhaps the competition makes everyone try harder.

==Asia in the Middle Ages==

==Asia in the Middle Ages==