[Campion]

Copernicus also had a brother who was an Augustinian monk, a sister who was a nun, and an uncle who was a bishop.

And he was buried in the Catholic cathedral where he had served.

Doesn't sound like a heretic to me.

[Brilliant]

He wasn't a heretic, although he did wait until he was on his deathbed to release his book for fear of what the Church would do to him. But my point is that when it comes to science, the Church says one thing, and then later it might very well say the opposite thing. When they say that a particular branch of science is inconsistent with their faith, you've gotta remember that it's just their current interpretation of the Bible. In a few years, their interpretation might change, and then they'll say that it's not inconsistent. It's happened many times before. It happened with the notion that the Earth is the center of the universe. But that is just one example.

[Sun]

I figured there was more to this story.

Some people here seem to have an agenda. Hmmmmmmm