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06-08-2007, 09:33 PM #11
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Creationism Museum...WTF
The Catholic Church has long held a very Christian version of Science. Turns out most of the science it forced upon it's followers didn't quite turn out to be correct. That's not to say it's still so hidebound, but many fundamentalists today seem to echo this dangerous belief.
Originally Posted by Nation_1ne
The thing is, Evolution is still a theory. Scientists continue to use it because it hasn't been proven wrong. If new information came to light, the theory would be replaced by a more accurate one. The same cannot be said for the "Christian Science."
That being said, I'll open myself up to flaming with a short rant. Religion and Science have always gone well together, just ask Galileo Galilei.
This is the danger of Theology ruling Science. If science is beyond the dogma of the current theology, the information is dismissed and the scientist is persecuted.With the loss of many of his defenders in Rome because of Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Galileo was ordered to stand trial on suspicion of heresy in 1633. The sentence of the Inquisition was in three essential parts:
â?¢Galileo was required to recant his heliocentric ideas; the idea that the Sun is stationary was condemned as "formally heretical." However, while there is no doubt that Pope Urban VIII and the vast majority of Church officials did not believe in heliocentrism, Catholic doctrine is defined by the pope when he speaks ex cathedra (from the Chair of Saint Peter) in matters of faith and morals. While Church officials did condemn Galileo, heliocentrism was never formally or officially condemned by the Catholic Church, except insofar as it held (for instance, in the formal condemnation of Galileo) that "The proposition that the sun is in the center of the world and immovable from its place is absurd, philosophically false, and formally heretical; because it is expressly contrary to Holy Scriptures", and the converse as to the Sun's not revolving around the Earth.[16]
â?¢He was ordered imprisoned; the sentence was later commuted to house arrest.
â?¢His offending Dialogue was banned; and in an action not announced at the trial and not enforced, publication of any of his works was forbidden, including any he might write in the future.
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