re: Why it took centuries to ACCEPT that Earth went around the Sun

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Jack Herer — 4/22/2008 6:14:32 PM (archived)

The religious nutz take full responsibility for one. They degraded humanity and set us back at least a hundred of years because they didn't want to accept a new idea. Do you recall Giordano Bruno?

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Why it took centuries to figure out that Earth went around the Sun - Socrates II - 4/21/2008 9:40:07 PM
- re: Why it took centuries to ACCEPT that Earth went around the Sun - Jack Herer - 4/22/2008 6:14:32 PM
  - There's an urban legend that Galileo used the Bible to defend his theory before the Vatican. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/23/2008 1:23:37 PM
    - re: There's an urban legend that Galileo used the Bible to defend his theory before the Vatican. - Socrates II - 4/23/2008 2:26:44 PM
  - It wasn't just the religious authorities - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 8:22:12 PM
    - 3rd century BCE - Bowser - 4/23/2008 1:15:09 AM

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