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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Jul 29 22:46:41 2011, in response to Re: Those atheists are at it again, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jul 29 22:29:23 2011. The problem was not with Aristotle, but with Aristotle's view of the universe being in the Bible. If it was wrong, it undermined the entire Church. This battle had little to do with actual religion. When Copernicus initially proposed his solarcentric universe model, the Catholic Church was pleased. It gave them the ability to introduce a new calendar that was far more accurate than the one they were using (which was nearly 2 weeks out of alignment). When Galileo initially published "The Starry Messenger", no one took much notice, until he said that his findings proved the part of the Bible which claimed the Earth was at the center of the universe was dead wrong. THEN the Inquisition came calling. In reality, the entire episode was rooted in politics, not religion. |
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