[Dinsdale]

But the specific politics were that the churches position was that the planets were moved by the will of God. Expressing any other opinion was criminal. It was a matter of faith and the pope had spoken.

That amounts to hatred of science.

You can't change that by focusing on Galileo's (correct and moral) defiance of church authority. Many other scientists of the day agreed with Galileo privately. Galileo was brave and honest putting his scientific opinion on paper. That's why everybody knows his name, nobody knows which of the corrupt midevil popes was on the other side.

[PatrickHenry]

A few Galileo links from The List-O-Links:
Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany. Galileo's opinion about science/scripture conflicts.
The Crime of Galileo: Indictment and Abjuration of 1633. The heresy confession.
Trial of Galileo Galilei in 1633.
Faith can never conflict with reason. The Pope's 1992 statement on Galileo and science/scripture conflicts.

[ArGee]

That amounts to hatred of science.

It's a matter of interpretation. It amounts to a hatred of being challenged by any means. What you would have to do to prove hatred of science is demonstrate that every scientific discovery of the time was condemned by the Church, or even that the Church forced laws to make scientific pursuits illegal. I don't know of any assertion. Instead, this one event, anecdotal evidence as it were, is used to prove a trend.

Shalom.