Re:Opposition to Galileo was scientific, not just religious
by michaelmrose on Thursday October 06, 2016 @12:37PM
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To be willing to accept evidence to the contrary is wonderful but to limit oneself to only what can be justified in terms of "misunderstanding" not contradicting is fundamentally limiting. The truth can have no sacred cows they are a disease of the mind stunting growth forever.
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Re:Opposition to Galileo was scientific, not just religious
by kelnos on Thursday October 06, 2016 @01:59PM
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I feel like that's more of a "political" statement, something that seems to be common among religious leadership even today. Whenever science proves something to contradict a holy text with enough certainty that the religious org can't ignore or refute, they save face by claiming that the evidence in the holy text was merely misunderstood, misinterpreted, or mistranslated. It's understandable, if intellectually dishonest.