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The parallels between now and the protestant reformation are quite similar. The printing press allowed for anyone to publish anything and information exploded. People started translating Bibles and for the first time individual interpretation of the Christian faith was possible.
Whole movements and ideologies sprout from the quick, easy access to information. It was common for information to be misleading, controversial, and completely different from the traditional Catholic narrative. This threatened the legitimacy of the Church and the power it had...
...over Europe. The authority of the Pope was often under scrutiny and criticism. The Church eventually decided that these movements were heresy and the dissidence needed to be quelled. Writings were banned, burnt, and delegitimized. It progressively got uglier...
Leaders and writers behind these movements were mocked, tortured, and sometimes killed. Wars across Europe occurred. States became divided both externally and internally. People fled sometimes across entire oceans to avoid persecution. The Church felt it was...
Protecting the Faith, the Bible, and God's divinity. The Protestants thought they were faithfully following God. Individualism and Collectivism were on full display.
And I look at all this and see these similarities:
The Internet (printing press)
Ideological differences
Power and authority
Division
Censorship
The Internet (printing press)
Ideological differences
Power and authority
Division
Censorship
