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To: Elsie

Hmmm, your reply is pretty thin. Just because the Church was deficient in the knowledge of science doesn’t mean the Church is deficient in the preaching of the Gospel.

There is a room in the Papal Museum (I have been there and seen it) that houses one of Galileo’s telescopes, along with a plaque explaining his contribution to science.

God used the whole Galileo event to serve a couple of purposes. The first was to humble Galileo, but also demonstrate his humility through obedience. The second was to humble the Church leaders, and allow them to recognize the tremendous contribution of Galileo. Finally, the Church went further to promote scientific exploration as a means to better understand God.


165 posted on 06/29/2014 9:36:06 AM PDT by SpirituTuo
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To: SpirituTuo

Actually, there have been countless Catholics Priests and Bishops who were great Scientist. Here is a quick list. Many of the great breakthroughs of Science were done by Catholic priests and Bishops.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_cleric%E2%80%93scientists


172 posted on 06/29/2014 3:36:14 PM PDT by CTrent1564
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To: SpirituTuo
Hmmm, your reply is pretty thin. Just because the Church was deficient in the knowledge of science doesn’t mean the Church is deficient in the preaching of the Gospel.

Hmmm, your reply is pretty much off in a rabbit hole. Because the Church's preaching of the Gospel was never mentioned at all; but the UNSUPPORTED claim that there is NO TIME IN HEAVEN..

180 posted on 06/29/2014 8:11:32 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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