I also was going to make a similar post. Theology was the mother of all learning and Churches were the center point of science. This is why the Church produced so many philosophers and scientist.
THIS IS WRONG and a Myth that Galileo was persecuted by the church.
> After all, the Church rather infamously persecuted Galileo in the 17th century for suggesting that the Earth is not, in fact, at the center of the cosmos, and that, by extension, Church doctrine relating to God’s orderly plans for the world were inherently flawed.
Decent quick read on Galileo myth that the church was fighting science.
It had a lot more to do with competing scientific claims and more specifically the attack of Aristotle.
"the Roman Inquisition tried Galileo in 1633 and found him "vehemently suspect of heresy", sentencing him to indefinite imprisonment. Galileo was kept under house arrest until his death in 1642." Roman inquisition was run by the church, they found him guilty for disagreeing essentially. Seems pretty clear.
Regardless, the church has a long history of: appeals to authority, discouraging debate, irrational attachment to previous ideas, and overly complex hypotheses (e.g. God) - all of which counter the methods of science. While the role of the church in the evolution of 'science' has certainly been complex, it's not much of a stretch to say that the church has a history of fighting the essential components of the scientific method.
Of the 21st Century Scientific Method? Are you also going to look down at the Greek Philosophers? Their method was also wrong. You are judging history with a 21st Century mindset and that isn't fair to Newton or Copernicus (Who's myth is also bigger then Galileo). Heck medicine was still doing blood letting during the founding of United States.
> it's not much of a stretch to say that the church has a history of fighting the essential components of the scientific method.
That is such a wrong statement and has been debunked by the fact that science was propelled through and by the church. The VERY fact that this article list all the scientific / Astronomical features in Catholic Churches
Sorry I was in the process of getting a PhD in Historical Theology and not a Pro Catholic shill.
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Francis Bacon was really the founder of the modern Scientific Method, correct? Did you read his other book?
Like his translation of 7 Psalms from the Bible or his many essays and books regarding Theology? Science and Theology didn't clash like people would like to say and I actually say the reverse we are ahead of the technology curve because of the Church, Mosques and Synagogues. This war we see from extremism is actually a very modern creation.
THIS IS WRONG and a Myth that Galileo was persecuted by the church.
> After all, the Church rather infamously persecuted Galileo in the 17th century for suggesting that the Earth is not, in fact, at the center of the cosmos, and that, by extension, Church doctrine relating to God’s orderly plans for the world were inherently flawed.
Decent quick read on Galileo myth that the church was fighting science.
It had a lot more to do with competing scientific claims and more specifically the attack of Aristotle.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2016/04/17/galileo-a...