[MD] Galileo and the church

[MarshaV]

Hi John,  

Mr. Wallace does offer some non-tradtion understanding.  I'm glad you've 
mentioned this about Galileo and his opposition.  I've read so many of his 
books on science that none of it surprises me any more.  I have one more 
on order:  'Hidden Dimensions: The Unification of Physics and 
Consciousness.'  I see the MoQ as a bridge between Western Science and
Eastern Wisdom.  Sooooooo interesting...   

http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Dimensions-Unification-Consciousness-Columbia/dp/0231141513/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291969430&sr=1-2    


Yours,

Marsha    



On Dec 9, 2010, at 4:59 PM, John Carl wrote:

> Just finished an interesting section in Wallace's book on meditation.
> Galileo wasn't persecuted by the church men and priests and such.  According
> to this author, he was persecuted by the academics - all the intellectuals
> in power, who had a whole system built up on false metaphysical assumptions
> and everything in its aristotleian accurate place, and this one lone guy
> threatens their whole power structure.    The enemy of science was not the
> church, it was the academy.
> 
> At least according to this scholar that Marsha and I are reading.
> 



 
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