> It is funny then that Cardinal Bellarmine was the one who tried
> Galileo and
> he was a churchman who believed in miracles, hardly a naturalist.
You mean "theistic naturlaist?" In spite of your objection, the
findings of Galileo contradicted the secular beliefs of the time.
The findings of Galileo contradicted the beliefs of those who
took secular beliefs and made them into religious dogma.
> >Just to jog your memory, the Bible was banned in the classroom in the
> >Holy Roman Empire.
> >
> My recollection is that the Holy Roman Empire was led by Charlemagne
> several hundred years before Galileo. What does this have to do with
> Galileo?
What? The point is that the oppenents of Galileo were also opponents
of the Bible in school