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Galileo v Church was about whether the Earth moved, not about the Earth being a sphere.
by Spellman 10y ago
Galileo v Church was about whether the Earth moved, not about the Earth being a sphere.
- cmurf 10y agoHmm, looks like we're both wrong although you're less wrong than I am. Copernicus supported a heliocentric view and the Church didn't consider it a problem. Galileo was accused of biblical interpretation, positing that the bible isn't intended to be an authority on science, which then explodes into an anti-heliocentricism position by the Church at that time. Cute. I'm gonna guess this confusion happens for the same reason as then: politics vs facts. This same thing happens where school boards what simplistic explanations for certain things they want deemphasized and politically biased yet detailed explanations for ones they want emphasized. Its annoying.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoI have also read that Galileo was a rather aggressive fellow who made a hobby of antagonizing authority figures, and his persecution was less a matter of rigorous doctrine than of finding an excuse to make him shut up. I don't have a source handy for that, so take it with a grain of salt, but it's an interesting take on the story.
- Frozenlock 10y agoA rule of thumb when studying history: if a side appears really stupid, or really evil, then you probably don't have all the facts.
- altstar 10y agolike the Nazi's?
- stevewilhelm 10y agoGodwin's law proved again! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoWell yes. Just like the USA isn't all people always doing evil things despite Abu Graib (sp?), special rendition, Guantanamo, ... Oscar Schindler was a Nazi too and some Allies committed atrocities just as some Nazis did.
- Buge 10y agoHe published essentially a comic book with a character that looked just like the pope named Ignoramus.