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Re:Why Catholics Built Astronomical Features into Churches by lolc on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:15PM (#12979869)
The whole Galileo thing is funny in retrospect because it was Galileo who was accused of being unscientific! He was so unscientific about meteorology (even proposing wild theories like inertia) that the church forbade him to keep postulating physical reality of the absurd Copernican model.

Galileo got off easy even after having violated the ban and insulting the pope.

If you have a few hours to spare, read "The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown" for an entertaining trip into that period.

http://tofspot.blogspot.ch/2013/08/the-great-ptolemaic-smack...

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Re:Why Catholics Built Astronomical Features into Churches by cutler on Thursday November 17, 2016 @06:01PM (#12982586)
Just to muddy the water further, Claudius Ptolemy is often revered as the founding father of astrology based on his "Tetrabiblos". The article glosses over the significance of the zodiac signs adorning these meridian lines but the presence of supposedly pagan symbols inside these great cathedrals leaves much unanswered.
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