Re: Liberal Christianity
The state of science at the time.
"Copernicus had delayed the publication of his book for
years because he feared, not the censure of the Church,
but the mockery of academics. It was the hide-bound
Aristotelians in the schools who offered the fiercest
resistance to the new science."
What the Church really could not tollerate.
"Father Niccolo Lorini, read a copy of
Galileo's Letter to Castelli and was disturbed to find
that Galileo had taken it upon himself to interpret
Scripture according to his private lights."
Who's position was clear?
" He refused the reasonable third
position which the Church offered him: that
Copernicanism might be considered a hypothesis, one
even superior to the Ptolemiaic system, until further
proof could be adduced."
You said:
"when the church was the only game in town science in "the christian west" was in its darkest days."
Compared to what?
You go on to say:
"sure the church would eventualy adapt and reinterpret, but this usualy came after terrible consequences for others.....it takes a plague for the church to allow serious study of the human body, tens of thousands of mentalily ill women are killed as withches, etc. "
You know, it's time for you to supply some supporting evidence for your spin. I'm afraid your "everyone knows" assertions on Galileo have left your credibility damaged.
PairTheBoard
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