(June 14, 2012 at 10:25 am)Brian37 Wrote:Quote:1614, Galileo felt compelled to answer the charge that this "new science" was contrary to certain Scripture passages.
So the bible is to blame for the wrongful attack on him and only the supporters of that book would have attacked him, so if it was not the church then who? Churches are made up of club members. So again you have an example of the gang members saying "my boss isn't doing this, we are doing it on behalf of our boss".
Good point. I'll have to look into this some more when I can.
Quote:And that also brings up a broader topic on all holy books in general.
If there were no book to fight over either way, this wouldn't have happened.
But since holy books do exist and can be read to justify a position, it should give everyone all the more reason to question it's credibility.
Holy books are weapons and must always be treated as such.
They're only weapons in the wrong hands.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle