Roman Catholic Church bad for gene-pool

In medieval times celibacy was introduced into the Roman Catholic church. The main reason was to keep the riches aquired by the church, in the church. Otherwise it would be inherited by the children of the bishops and cardinals and the like. Preventing them to get children made sure that the riches of the church were kept intact.

A side-effect of this was that the Roman Catholic church made sure that a lot of smart people could not spread their genes, thus preventing the population of the whole of western Europe to become smarter. Of course this unintended effect helped the church in staying on top of the population. By telling The People to do what the Church wanted the Church needed The People needed to be kept stupid. Celibacy was a means to more than one end.

Zaaf