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> The Catholic Church has reversed itself on earlier condemnations and beliefs, notably of heliocentrism and the conviction of Galileo. But nobody changed thei
by bartread 5y ago
> The Catholic Church has reversed itself on earlier condemnations and beliefs, notably of heliocentrism and the conviction of Galileo.
But nobody changed their minds or admitted a mistake: people just died or retired and were replaced by different people who thought differently.
The content of the post makes it obvious that it's discussing the actions and decisions of groups over much shorter periods of time: i.e., within a single human lifetime, and actually within quite a small portion of a lifetime, because it's talking about outcomes of funded projects and how they're viewed.
- arch-ninja 5y agoThe conviction of Galileo is actually pretty funny; it took a few decades _after landing on the moon_ for the church to apologize: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair#Modern_Catholic_Church_views https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair#Modern_Catholic... That's some sinful pride right there.
- geodel 5y agoRegarding Galileo affair from what I read it was church following scientific inquiry while Galileo was like trust me I know better because I am authority on this.