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This was a political exile because his side lost and he was politically active. Very common everywhere and doesn't refute my post
by Almondsetat 2y ago
This was a political exile because his side lost and he was politically active. Very common everywhere and doesn't refute my post
- Izikiel43 2y agoEverything except pederasty seems political, that one seems iffy
- stared 2y ago"Let’s accept every excuse we’re given and accept the Church never burned anybody just for researching science. Scientists got in trouble for controversial views on non-scientific subjects like prophecies or the Trinity, or for political missteps. [...] Did Giordano Bruno die for his astronomical discoveries or his atheism? False dichotomy: you can’t have a mind that questions the stars but never thinks to question the Bible." - Kolmogorov Complicity And The Parable Of Lightning | Slate Star Codex (https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/23/kolmogorov-complicity-and-the-parable-of-lightning/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/23/kolmogorov-complicity-...)
- Almondsetat 2y agoWhy are you bringing up someone from the Reinassance when I explicitely said that the later Church got way worse than in the middle ages?
- stared 2y agoIt was not my point. The point is that it is (almost) always about politics. Just the Church changed it is the position from a firm one to one for which dissidents pose political danger. I found it surprising, but in the Middle Ages, there was a certain permission for atheism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb5mYqnKFlI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb5mYqnKFlI
- michaelmrose 2y agoWhy did you reply to this singular issue where you have a defensible position in theory but not the longer one which absolutely nuked your position from orbit?