[MD] Galileo and the church

[John Carl]

No great surprise here, dave.  You think I misread everything.


> dmb says:
> I think John is misreading Wallace. You have to realize that there was no
> such thing as academia or science in the sense that we think of them today,
> as separate from government and religion.


J:

I would  say then, that there was also no church or religion in the sense we
think of them today.  But that doesn't slow down the academics of the modern
era blasting away at religion as conceived now,  as the persecutor of
science back then.



> The Inquisitors were not inquisitive so much as they were torturous.
> Torturous also happens to describe John's version of history.
>
>
J:

You think I misread Wallace, dave.  Do you think I misquote him?  Because I
can, when necessary, type very carefully.  And there is one other person on
this list who has the exact same book, so confirmation is easy.  But then,
you don't trust her either so I guess there's really no point in arguing.
Your mind is made up.

Made up of what, I have no idea, but that's another story.