Unbelievable: Galileo Proved the Church’s Irrational Opposition to Science

Episode 1192 February 06, 2019 00:15:15
Unbelievable: Galileo Proved the Church’s Irrational Opposition to Science
Intelligent Design the Future
Unbelievable: Galileo Proved the Church’s Irrational Opposition to Science

Feb 06 2019 | 00:15:15

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid interviews science historian and author Michael Keas about Keas’ new ISI book Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. The myth this time is that the Church tortured Galileo for opposing official teachings on the structure of what we now call the solar system. 

In fact Galileo had found support for heliocentrism but hadn’t proved it scientifically; there were scientists and theologians both against him and for him; and he wasn’t tortured anyway. There’s plenty here for both scientists and theologians to learn — as well as anyone who thinks Galileo shows the Church was at war against science.

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