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During the first episode, Tyson devotes lengthy segments to promoting the old tale that religion is at war science, and strongly promotes the idea that religion opposes intellectual advancement. He tells the story of the 16th-century astronomer Giordano Bruno

Bruno was a maniac who was responsible for having priceless works of Renaissance art burned in the public square of Florance, where, fortunately, he met his own demise later since the citizens there had enough of his insanity.

I will have to check this series out for myself to see what they are presenting. DeGrasse Tyson was on FOX over the weekend and noted that the show was shown on FOX and will be aired tonight on National Geographic which is partially FOX owned. If this series attacks religion, FOX didn't do its home work.

Just as with biological evolution, you can believe in the science without being atheist, although atheists would like you to believe otherwise. We may find out the “how” but only religion can tell us the “why”.

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Bruno was a maniac who was responsible for having priceless works of Renaissance art burned in the public square of Florance

That was Savonarola, not Bruno.