[unspun]

Galileo and Copernicus had major problems with religious courts in their days; and the inquisition made life tough for many more like them -- people that were questioning "universal truths" promulgated by religious types.

Know what? Those religious types were wrong about the solar system. This clearly demonstrates that a truth does not bend to what man says, in order to maintain otherwise.

[thinktwice]

This clearly demonstrates that a truth does not bend to what man says

"Truth" that is metaphysically based in mysticism -- where concepts are not integrated using reason -- seldom passes the test of time; and when such "truth" fails the test of reason, it generally does bend to what man says ...

But "truth" metaphysically based in reality, being epistemologically based in reason, seldom fails over time -- with new such truths often making it into textbooks and advancing humanity further beyond those conditions associated with the dark ages.