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Entry: The Galileo Myth Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_galileo_myth#15593 Post contents: If the Church was so welcoming of science, why did Copernicus withhold publication of his heliocentric theory until after his death? If the Church was open to science, why did it burn Giordano Bruno at the stake for saying that Copernicus was right, and that the stars are distant suns? If the Church loved science, why did it threaten Galileo with torture after he published his book in favor of the Copernicus and Bruno theory that the earth moves around the sun? What do you suppose Galileo meant when, held in the dungeons, he said under his breath “Eppur si muove”? Religion, especially when it is coupled to the coercive power of the state, has always been opposed to science. Enlightenment in Europe happened despite the Church, not because of it. Sent at: 2008 12 02