Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
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 )
Alright, alright, point taken. But you'll have to forgive me for discerning an emergent parallel between your views on recorded history and those on paleontology...

Proceed.