Our founding fathers gave us the 1st amendment to ensure that there would be no state churches enforced upon the people. I guess they could not imagine other religions taking root in this christian country. 🙁 sigh
The Dark ages were dark because the great majority were bond in spiritual darkness.This religion of superstition and fear halted advance in science and technology.
I think this proves that the Bible account of creation is accurate.Human and dinosaurs coexisted together! If you would like more information to answer your questions, I would recomment you to visit http://www.creationontheweb.com it contains great information in their article archives
The Bible is 100% accurate when it tells of history.Here is an interesting example:Sir William Ramsay fully accepted the teachings of the higher critics as a student at Oxford and went to the middle east in order to prove that the Bible was inaccurate. However, through his scholarly investigations, he discovered that the book of Acts was totally historically accurate!He then dedicated his life to the exploration of Biblical lands in defense of the Bible.