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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There was a time when the world was Flat and the Sun revolved around the Earth.

Yes the science was settled then and they burned people at the stake who had other thoughts.

Money is doing some strange things to science people who should know better.

Global Warming is coming, some call it Summer.....

:-)


9 posted on 03/25/2015 5:18:00 PM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: EXCH54FE

FWIW, educated people, and most certainly the Church, haven’t believed the earth to be flat for at least 2500 years now.

For a very long time people did believe the Sun revolved around the spherical Earth, because that’s what the available evidence indicated.

So for point 1, the Church never taught that.

For point 2, AFAIK, nobody was ever burned at the state, for other thoughts. Galileo was subjected to intimidation and lenient house arrest.


10 posted on 03/25/2015 5:22:20 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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