The Current Evolution of Ancient Religious Institutions

[Leonardo17]

The Catholic Church today is still the same Church that refused the findings of Galileo, insisted that the earth was flat, promoted a geo-centric / heliocentric view of the universe, refuted Darwinism and believed that the earth was 5500 years old etc.
 
  Today the church seems to be embracing all of these scientific theories as being a part of “the Divine Plan”.
 
   Another issue that is being resolved in a very humane manner is the issue of non-heterosexuals within the religious institutions. Now they are even giving permission to priests to baptize the children of same-sex couples and seems to be encouraging their participation in various religious ceremonies.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vatican-allow...43215.html
 
This reminds me of the character of Eric Effiong in the final episode of the UK series called “Sex Education”. Since about 95% of ordinary people believe in the Divine in one way or another, it doesn’t seem very humane to exclude some people because of their sexual tendencies and/or choices.

The Catholic Church never taught that the world was flat.

   Before Columbus, the idea in Europe was that you would fall from the edge of the world if you went too far on the map.
   Yet by observing the movements of ships on the Horizon (When they come you see the prow, than the top of the ship, than the whole ship) some people started to argue that they could get to India (the richest nation on earth at the time) through the Atlantic Ocean.
   In “The Conquest of paradise” (1992) you can see Columbus (Gerard Depardieu) having this discussion with the clergy

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Foxaer: I think it was Aristotle. In his theory everything falls from top to bottom. So the earth is seen as a disc and everything is revolving around the earth in a very stable geocentric model.

 
Scientists of the enlightenment were seen as heretics, although this theory of Aristotle belonged to a “Pagan” philosopher of ancient times.