Quote Originally Posted by Funken Monken
Lets not forget that Galileo was put under house arrest and branded a heathen for preaching copurnican theories, and basically convincing himself and other that the idea of a god was just foolish, which is a pretty valid thing.
Yea, they fucked things up pretty badly. We could have been much further technologically today if it wasn't for religous conservitism. If more people were more open to new ideas the world would be a much better place.