(May 14, 2015 at 4:17 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(May 14, 2015 at 4:15 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Galileo WAS supported by the Catholic Church, initially.
Here is an excerpt from a good article:
I hope you will take a few moments to read the full article.
Bolded part of your 'article' that is literally the only salient part.
Quote:And so it was that the Church was prompted to inquire whether Galileo was holding views contrary to Scripture.
This is NOT how science works at all.
Galileo's conundrum was not over the science. Did you read the article to get the rest of the story???