The artists in several periods of western history did find the church to be a patron. (religion-online.org)
The discussion here is restricted to several periods in the past for which modelling and observational evidence can be compared to test understanding of the climate response to external forcings. (ipcc.ch)
That's something that can't be said for stock / bond only portfolios which experienced negative after - inflation returns over several periods (especially during the bad inflation of the 1970s). (getrichslowly.org)