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Not that I agree with anyone being put to death of heresy, but you have your facts wrong about Bruno. His execution had nothing to do with his scientific theories.

Thanks for making both of my points for me.

[presidio9]

CAtholic Encyclopedia - Giordanno Bruno:

"Bruno was not condemned for his defence of the Copernican system of astronomy, nor for his doctrine of the plurality of inhabited worlds, but for his theological errors, among which were the following: that Christ was not God but merely an unusually skilful magician, that the Holy Ghost is the soul of the world, that the Devil will be saved, etc. "

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I was careful to say, “among other things.”

though scholars emphasize that Bruno’s astronomical views were at most a small part of the theological and philosophical beliefs that led to his trial. Bruno’s case is still considered a landmark in the history of free thought and the future of the emerging sciences.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno