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To: Up Yours Marxists
When it comes to the sun, Popes it seems have been getting it wrong since 1633 when the Roman Inquisition incarcerated Galileo for the rest of his life.


27 posted on 12/11/2014 6:10:19 PM PST by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford

“Eppur si muove”


31 posted on 12/11/2014 6:33:05 PM PST by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: nathanbedford
Gallileo was not "incarcerated" for his cosmological theories, but rather for insisting upon presenting those (unproven) theories as fact. His punishment consisted of being restricted to a luxury apartment with all his equipment so he could continue his studies. ("Nobody expects the luxury apartment!)"

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53 posted on 12/11/2014 9:18:05 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
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