In 1616, Cardinal Bellarmine, acting on directives from the Inquisition, delivered Galileo Galilei an order not to "hold or defend" the idea that the Earth moves and the Sun stands still at the centre. After offending the Pope by putting the Pope's words in the mouth of a fictitious character named "Simplicio," Galileo was shown the Inquisition's tools of truth-extraction and placed on house arrest for the rest of his life.
Recently, in Rapid City, a person convicted of possession of a Galileic tract was ordered by The Court to have no public role in any such offensive promotion, and held under the threat of torture.
Bob Ellis and Pat Powers chuckled and cheered.
The incident with Galileo involved the church adopting a secular scientific fallacy. It's a shame that the church bought into the lies of worldly "wisdom" and persecuted someone dedicated to seeking the truth.
ReplyDeleteAnd though I hardly have the foggiest idea what you're talking about with this recent incident in Rapid City, I'm reasonably sure that equating Galileo with smoking pot would a laughablly pathetic comparison. Were my foggiest guess to be accurate...
I knew you would not be able to resist the temptation to drop your pants in front of us one more time.
ReplyDeleteHey Ellis, hate to break it to you, but the Bible says the earth is flat:
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Forced belief is forced belief no matter the subject.
ReplyDeleteIt would be more interesting to hear you think on your own than rehash doctrine based on foggy fears.
To whom were you directing that, nonbeliever?
ReplyDeleteAddressed to the one with fog in their eyes... which imho would be more clear without the intervention of religion forcing people to believe what is good or what is of satin.
ReplyDeleteSatin is nice, but silk is better. Mostly, though, I wear polyester.
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