if Galileo had a facebook account …
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Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo was persecuted by the church for his theory that he sun, and not the earth, was the center of the solar system.
They did everything within their power to suppress the ideas of this scientist, whose empirical observations were at odds with their literal interpretation of the Bible. Sound familiar?
Galileo wrote:
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason and intellect has intended us to forego their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them. He would not require us to deny sense and reason in physical matters which are set before our eyes and minds by direct experience or necessary demonstrations.”
(via The Writer’s Almanac)
