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
Adam, Apes and Anthropology
Foundation, Fall and Flood
& lots of creation/evolution information
http://www.isource.net/~grmorton/dmd.htm