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Politics : The Clown-Free Bible Study Zone

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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (1146)1/19/2008 2:48:18 PM
From: S. maltophilia  Read Replies (1) of 2103
 
Geez..you'd think they'd want to make more Catholics. Even the Pope could reproduce.<g>

In other news:
...academics -- pointing to a speech the pope gave at the same university as a cardinal in 1990 -- claimed he condones the 1633 trial and conviction of the scientist Galileo for heresy.

The astronomer had argued that the Earth revolved around the Sun, in contradiction to church teachings at the time, and he was forced to renounce his findings publicly.

In comments made 15 years ago when he was still a cardinal, Pope Benedict is reported to have called the trial "reasonable and just."

During his speech, the pope -- then Cardinal Ratzinger -- quoted an Austrian philosopher Paul Feyerabend, saying, "At the time of Galileo, the church remained more loyal (or faithful) to reason than Galileo himself.

Andreas Srova, a physics professor at the university, said it would have been inappropriate for the pope to....
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