Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II View Post
Not unreasonable?

It would have been reasonable if the Church had kept away from Galeleo Galilei. But they had pestered him since 1615, threatened him with torture and death like they had imposed on Giordano Bruno only thiry-odd years before.

It was power politics indeed, the weight of the institution was cast against an individual at the cost of science, conscience and freedom of expression. How profoundly silly to try and blame that charade on Galileo instead of on the kangaroos, and this nearly four hundred years after the fact.

Phooy!
I'm not blaming it on Galileo (though he didn't exactly help himself), I'm just saying you can't blame it one the apparently singular evil entity that is religion. It's just power politics, just like when Hitler banned Darwin's works (yes you're getting a Godwin), or when any authoritarian institution bans stuff that threatens its authority.

A reason to moan about religion? I don't think so. You have to look at what was really going on (and you know there's something else going on when I'm defending the Catholic Church )