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Re:Opposition to Galileo was scientific, not just religious by jabbanobodder on Thursday October 06, 2016 @01:47PM (#12654464)
Scientific opposition is expected, that is the method in which science works. Scientist want proof for a claim, the church didn't want to be wrong.
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Re:Opposition to Galileo was scientific, not just religious by bduerst on Thursday October 06, 2016 @02:20PM (#12654754)
That's not true at all. In fact, the church was okay with Galileo's models, but they were not okay with how he was slandering the leadership.
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