Good take: the Church's relationship to science and scientists was more complex than simply hating it and wanting to burn Galileo at the stake Bad take: Actually everything was totally fine and Galileo was just a dick.
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http://inters.org/copernicanism-bellarmine-foscarini … "I say that, as you know, the Council [of Trent] prohibits interpreting Scripture against the common consensus of the Holy Fathers...you will find all agreeing on the literal interpretation that the sun is in heaven and turns around the earth..."
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You could use an analogy to drugs: In America today you can get away with a lot of drug use without being arrested, especially if you're cautious about not pissing off the wrong people. There are even people in the gov who want to legalize. But the inquisition persists.
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