Reformation

It was good to see the people of the early modern world start thinking for themselves and really exploring their thoughts on religion and the Bible. The fact that printing press was now in full swing made it possible that these people could share their thoughts. On top of that, the Bible was being translated into different languages. Now almost everyone could have their own copy of the Bible in their own language and read it for themselves instead of blindly following the Papacy. Obviously, this started problems. The Catholic religion was really THE religion at that time. This started the religious wars. It was amazing to see the different countries jump back and forth between Catholicism and Protestantism depending on who there leader was at the time. No one wanted to compromise (or let one stay in place very long) and let people believe in what they wanted. It was like each religion was out to save the other because they were wrong in what they believed and they were going to go to hell for it.