episode 1 with zer0 introducing the series, turned me off from the get go.
the first episode with its Catholic bashing from an incident 400 years old(around the time the constitution was written) where Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for supporting geocentrism, ticked me off as there was no caveat about how the RC Church is currently no longer executing nor Luddites.
episode 2 was better...
Even Wikipedia:
“Beginning in 1593, Bruno was tried for heresy by the Roman Inquisition on charges including denial of the Trinity, denial of the divinity of Christ, denial of virginity of Mary, and denial of Transubstantiation. The Inquisition found him guilty, and in 1600 he was burned at the stake.[5]
After his death he gained considerable fame, particularly among 19th- and early 20th-century commentators who, focusing on his astronomical beliefs, regarded him as a martyr for free thought and modern scientific ideas.[6] However, scholars note that Bruno’s ideas about the universe played a small role in his trial compared to his pantheist beliefs, which differed from the interpretations and scope of God held by the Catholic Church.[7][8]”
No. He was burned at the stake for being a Catholic clergyman who held and taught pantheistic views. People keep wanting to make these issues about science. It wasn't the science part... it was the religious heresy (and teaching others heresy) that warranted eradication.
Are you Sheila Jackson Lee?
Everyone knows that Chris wrote the constitution on his ship before landing in 1492...
Democrat Rep. Believes Our Constitution is 400 Years Old
The Republicans introduced (and passed) a bill that would require the President of the United States to enforce laws as they are written. Republican Trey Gowdy summarized the sentiment behind the bill nicely when he explained that Congress passes laws Not suggestions. The bill is in response to the Presidents most recent unilateral changes to Obamacare. But, the fact that it takes a literal act of Congress to make the President do his job, is not really the point of this article. Im afraid it is far more basic than that. Representative Sheila Jackson, a Democrat from Texas (yes ...Sheila Jackson Lee: Weve lasted some 400 years operating under the Constitution
I dont typically like to give anyone too much grief for what could easily be an innocent mental-to-verbal lapse, but cmon, now. Given that she took to the House floor to explicitly argue against the constitutionality of the GOPs proposed Enforce The Law Act, I must say that her argument might have been a teeny bit more convincing if she was a little more firm in her background knowledge of the actual Constitution. Yikes.Sheila Jackson lee: us has been operating under Constitution for 400 years
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) either misspoke or showed her historical ignorance in a speech on the House floor when she declared that United States has been operating under our Constitution for 400 years...Sheila Jackson Lee Thinks the Constitution is 400 Years Old
Sheila Jackson Lee Thinks the Constitution is 400 Years Old It isn't BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff March 12, 2014 4:08 pm VIDEORep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas) declared the U.S. Constitution to be 400 years old Wednesday on the House floor, which would mean it was signed in 1614. Maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces the sanctity of this nation and how well it is that we have lasted some 400 years,...