I'm jumping in on the middle on a conversation and pulling
it out of context.
I am wondering if there are some historians out there who can
comment on this. From what I heard, Galileo, when he first published
his theories about the Solar System, the Church largly ignored him.
It was some secular philosophers/scientists who were upset about
the theory and activily enlisted the aide of Rome to come down on
Galileo. I have not read historical sources on this so I don't know
if this is urban legend. Has someone studied the historical details
of the history of the conflict and could comment on this?
-Chuck
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Chuck Noren
Marietta, GA
noren@inetnow.net (home) / noren@es.atl.sita.int (work)