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Entry: The Galileo Myth Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_galileo_myth#15817 Post contents: "You could dispel the myth that all those people were tortured and then burned alive during the Inquisition by Holy Mother Church - it obviously just wasn’t true." Mr. Burch, as with the case of Galileo, it's not true the way the Church's enemies tell it. Anyway, willb has it exactly right. I should like to ask cognate how he would react if the Church were to claim that it possessed the real truth in the area of physics. Let's suppose the Church put forth insufficient proofs in support of its claims (such as, for example, that Verse so-and-so of the Bible proves that matter is not composed of discrete atoms), yet insisted upon claiming absolute truth for them, all the while baiting scientists with rude insults and satire. Let's suppose that the Church insisted upon replacing the old, now-discredited views of the scientists with its new doctrine in the schools, so as to properly indoctrinate the minds of children. Is there anyone here who will say with a straight face that today's militant secular scientists, <i>had they the power</i>, would not oppose with extreme and deadly force such an abuse and usurpation? To deny it is not even credible. Sent at: 2008 12 02