I'm not sure if he is specifically denying these issues. It is possible to read his comment as defending the church's involvement in research. To clarify my o

I'm not sure if he is specifically denying these issues. It is possible to read his comment as defending the church's involvement in research. To clarify my own comment, I don't deny the church's involvement in the sciences. The assumption that I am promoting some kind of "trope" seems like a misreading of my own comment. Just part of commenting, these things can happen. Copernicus (who Galileo cited) was a member of the clergy. However, he was reluctant to share his work on the heliocentric model for political reasons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus#:~:text=to%20risk%20the%20scorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus#:~:text=to...