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To: pcottraux
Atheists often accuse religious people of being anti-science. They cite past examples of “superstitious” religions like the Catholic Church persecuting men for great scientific discoveries. For example, they claim Galileo was burned at the stake for stating the earth wasn’t the center of the universe. Under this pretense, they believe religion is holding science back from solving the world’s problems and that once the human race abandons all belief in God, it will be propelled into some kind of scientific utopia.

Do they ever make this complaint against de, 'ow you say, indigenous pipples???

11 posted on 09/08/2018 7:07:15 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator ("Conservatism" without G-d is just another form of Communism.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Galileo was not burned at the stake!
He was under house arrest.

The whole Galileo-Catholic Church conflict was not as black & white as is popularly taught. The Pope at the time was far more sympathetic to Galileo’s views then against. Galileo’s impatience, international pressures & the challenge of Protestantism provoked a reaction that made Galileo collateral damage.


14 posted on 09/08/2018 7:24:52 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Zionist Conspirator

They just think religious people like Christians are no smarter than the indigenous pipples.

(A lot of them are startingly silent about Islam, too. Not all, but a lot).


22 posted on 09/09/2018 12:44:01 PM PDT by pcottraux (depthsofpentecost.com)
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