Russ
Russell Maatman
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> From: Russell Maatman <rmaat@mtcnet.net>
> To: asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: Fw: Galileo vs. The Church
> Date: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 3:55 PM
>
> For what it is worth, I did do a little reading on this subject and
> published my analysis:
>
> "The Galileo Incident," _Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith_,
> 46(3), 179-182. (This is the September, 1994 issue of PSCF.)
>
> I appreciated Charlie Hummel's book. I do, however, look at a slightly
> different aspect of the question from the aspects usually considered.
>
> Russ
>
> Russell Maatman
> e-mail: rmaat@mtcnet.net
> Home: 401 5th Avenue
> Sioux Center, IA 51250
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> > From: Chuck Noren <noren@inetnow.net>
> > To: Arthur V. Chadwick <chadwicka@swac.edu>
> > Cc: asa@calvin.edu
> > Subject: Galileo vs. The Church
> > Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 4:45 PM
> >
> >
> > > Galileo is a warning.
> >
> > I'm jumping in on the middle on a conversation and pulling
> > it out of context.
> >
> > I am wondering if there are some historians out there who can
> > comment on this. From what I heard, Galileo, when he first published
> > his theories about the Solar System, the Church largly ignored him.
> > It was some secular philosophers/scientists who were upset about
> > the theory and activily enlisted the aide of Rome to come down on
> > Galileo. I have not read historical sources on this so I don't know
> > if this is urban legend. Has someone studied the historical details
> > of the history of the conflict and could comment on this?
> >
> >
> > -Chuck
> > ----
> > Chuck Noren
> > Marietta, GA
> > noren@inetnow.net (home) / noren@es.atl.sita.int (work)
> >