(December 14, 2017 at 7:52 pm)Godscreated Wrote:(December 14, 2017 at 4:37 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Yes, indeed, Science trumps "revelation". I am glad that you agree with this!
I agree that the science of the day lacks what we now know, it seemed in Luther's day that the Bible did say the earth didn't move. Now we know the earth does move and now we understand what those verses mean to a greater depth. The verses are as true know as they were then, they have never changed and were/are relevant to different generations. There was no revelation of the earth standing still, the people of the time even non-Christians believed the earth was the center of the universe. You would probably have believed the same if you were alive then.
GC
Luther had no qualms about appealing to the Bible as justification for his anti-Copernican stance, as did others. Why should I believe anything in the Bible beyond it being a poor source of history?