RE: Careless Christians?

Glenn R. Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:47:34 -0500

At 08:22 PM 8/27/98 -0500, Andrew wrote:
>
>> From: Glenn R. Morton [mailto:grmorton@waymark.net]
>
>> 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?"

Considering that Bellarmine believed that Jesus miraculously rose from the
dead which NO naturalist believes, Bellarmine couldn't have been a
naturalist. You need to study history.

>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.

They believed that God created a perfect world. That is hardly a
naturalistic view. They didn't like Galileo's finding of blotches on the
sun (because it meant that a perfect God created an imperfect sun).

>
>> >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

Please cite a reference other than that from a young-earth creationist.

glenn

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