Nice try...
Considering virtually all educated men were educated by the church and the kings and queens were likewise educated and ruled with the blessing of the church one cannot deflect responsibility for the persecution of Galileo from the church to others.
It is a fact that Galileo was tried by the church Inquisition and found guilty of heresy. You should likewise note I have never suggested the bible itself was the source of the “witch-hunt” against science but rather mortal men who arrogantly presume knowledge of the creators intentions. The church was behind the persecution of Galileo, not god, just as the church is behind the condemnation of evolution, and not god.
The greatness of god “far” exceeds the mortal men and women who comprise the church. It is blasphemy to worship men and women who pretend to speak for god.
Get off your hobby horse.
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>>MichaelRDanger, you wrote, "Considering virtually all educated men were educated by the church and the kings and queens were likewise educated and ruled with the blessing of the church one cannot deflect responsibility for the persecution of Galileo from the church to others."
Let's rephrase your statement so it will be more "modern":
"Considering virtually all educated men were educated by the government and the judges and lawyers were likewise educated and ruled with the blessing of the government one cannot deflect responsibility for the persecution of modern day "scientific" heretics from the government to others."
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>>MichaelRDanger, you wrote, "It is a fact that Galileo was tried by the church Inquisition and found guilty of heresy."
It is a fact that the Dover Pennsylvania School Board was tried by a modern government inquisition and found guilty of heresy against the doctrine of the scientific establishment.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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>>MichaelRDanger, you wrote, "You should likewise note I have never suggested the bible itself was the source of the “witch-hunt” against science but rather mortal men who arrogantly presume knowledge of the creators intentions. The church was behind the persecution of Galileo, not god, just as the church is behind the condemnation of evolution, and not god."
The "church" of that day was not the Church of the Lord, but just another form of tyrannical government which pretended to be the church. Yet, modern accusers of our brethren use a corruption of the Galileo incident, and out of context, to trash all of Christianity. If I had not called you on it, all the casual reader would see was this misleading statement by you:
"Galileo was tried by the church." [#56]
All Christians should always be perfectly clear that Galileo's chief antagonists and accusers were those in the scientific establishment who adopted the views of a pagan named Aristotle: not the scientific doctrine found in the Bible. Likewise, the chief accusers of modern day "heretics" are those in the scientific establishment who adopt the pagan/atheist doctrine of Charlie Darwin.
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>>MichaelRDanger, you wrote, "The greatness of god “far” exceeds the mortal men and women who comprise the church. It is blasphemy to worship men and women who pretend to speak for god."
What does that have to do with this discussion?
Mr. Kalamata