[GodGunsGuts]

For more on the subject of Galileo, also see:

Galileo, Geocentrism, and Joshua’s Long Day Questions and Answers>

[allmendream]

Throwing your Geocentric creationist compatriots under the bus there GGG?

[Costumed Vigilante]

God bless real science. May it rest in peace until this Agent of the New Dark Ages swings from a Newtonian tree.

A verbis ad verbera

[Sherman Logan]

Many historians of science have documented that the first to oppose Galileo was the scientific establishment, not the church.

A distinction without a difference. Almost all members of the scientific establishment of the time were churchmen.

[magellan]

Don’t forget, the “Big Bang Theory” was developed by a Jesuit priest, Georges Lemaître, and was ridiculed by the scientific community for years as “religion masquerading as science”.

[SunkenCiv]

Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says
newsdaily | 2009/07/02 | Philip Pullella
Posted on 07/07/2009 8:24:48 AM PDT by JoeProBono
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2287295/posts

[ColdWater]

Many historians of science have documented that the first to oppose Galileo was the scientific establishment, not the church. The prevailing ‘scientific’ wisdom of his day was the Aristotelian

This guy doesn't know what he is talking about. The Aristotelian philosophy was endorsed by the Church. St. Thomas Aquinus was a very influential Aristotelian.

[wardaddy]

just another old dead white genius who stole all his ideas from primitive folks who ate one another and sacrifice their young on pikes

right?

[freedumb2003]

From the sister publication of your source:

LINCOLN’S GHOST TALKS TO OBAMA

Actually, I give more credence to WWN than your source.