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[@foxycinnamon7307]

Did I miss the part about the persecution of Galileo?

[@jefflewis4]

Its at 7:10 Galileo's assertion the earth and planets revolved around the sun got him in hot water with the church. It went against the Catholic Church's teaching that the earth was the center of the universe. He ended up having to completely recant it else face torture and death. He ended up under house arrest for the rest of his life. As the video notes at 7:35 the church did not acknowledge Galileo was right until 1992.

[@bethlehemeisenhour8352]

@@jefflewis4 Catholics don't read their Bibles. The book of Job is very interesting as well, for all the books are good, JOB 26:7 He stretcheth out the nort over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. (Even ther people back then were not ignorant of things.)

[@ashleelarsen7765]

WOW this was today

[@lisapop5219]

It's because it never happened

[@lisapop5219]

@@jefflewis4 wrong. Copernicus, a Catholic priest, originated this theory long before Galileo

[@starkilr101]

This was more about expansion versus Galileo. I feel misled

[@John-Smith-999]

No. The church told Galileo to promote both theories with equal prominence, which was sensible - without a theory of gravity, knowledge of other moons, the scale of the universe and an understanding of momentum it's far from obvious which theory is right. Galileo didn't do as he was told, so that was why he was prosecuted. Effectively contempt of court. The truth doesn't fule the 'science vs religion' debate so it's ignored in favour of this lie

[@tiggergolah]

Agreed. Modern academia, and those with a "experts rule" agenda, wish to divorce religion and science by misrepresenting history.

[@keensoundguy6637]

Indeed, they need to read more source documents from the time. The Church held to the accepted science of the day, which would have been the Aristotelian/Ptolemaic view. Even the Pope of the time was interested in learning from Galileo, but the main issue was the Church forbade Galileo from teaching the heliocentric view as true, not from teaching it. In simple terms, he wasn't able to prove it was true. It's not correct history to frame it as "science" vs. the bible (or interpretations of it). I remember watching a movie in a science class back in the early 70s about Galileo which stuck to the script of the lie. There was one scene where the movie portrays Galileo pleading with church bishops to just look through his telescope but they refused. What exactly are you going to point your telescope at that will instantly reveal the heliocentric view is correct rather than a geocentric view?

[@AlphasysNl]

28 minutes to tell what I can do in 6 words: Because he said they were wrong.

[@j.b.4340]

Nice video.

[@fryode]

When the planet was finally visualized with satellite imagery, I wonder if there was a general sense of "Holy shit the OGs were right on the money with their maps."

[@bellamaz1972]

Can’t say I blame him for recanting- either that or execution by burning. Not everyone had the courage to stand up to the church but check out the dude Giordano Bruno. We don’t talk enough about him; he chose to stick to his beliefs and was burned at the stake.

[@alejomanuelguerrero9326]

To be fair the protestant churches did the same with the spanish Miguel Servet because of Calvin in Geneve, Switzerland

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

So James Cook was the one who did discover New Zealand? Come on, we all know the dutch VOC did. That is where name comes from.

[@lisapop5219]

Wow, this is ridiculous.

[@Reach41]

He was a potential risk to their revenue stream.

[@dinap3515]

Why does History STILL state that the first Europeans to, "discover" North America were Columbus and crew, when we now KNOW the scandinavians came first?

[@cypher5009]

this is most likely because Columbus was the first to introduce it to other counties

[@UnderstandingCode]

Because they're cult dweebs. End of story

[@geigertec5921]

Humans have existed for over 100,000 years and yet it's been hardy 100 years since we have been able to put together an accurate image of the world we live on. We have barely left the cradle in terms of technological innovation.

[@darkfoxxbunyip]

What are you talking about? Humanity has known we're on a sphere for at least 900 years more than you think.

[@John-Smith-999]

900? I think you mean 2000. The ancient Greaks were well aware that the world is a sphere

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

They did not like anything that threatened their control of their followers... Do you know why Catholics stopped eating meat on Fridays?

[@shelleyurban4788]

it was to remember Good Friday. now it's only during Lent

[@N_0968]

To give fish and chips on a Friday a chance.

[@johndoeiii9767]

They persecuted a whooole lot more too, from community to community, from continent to continent. ⏳ _¢h®¡$✝️¡@n ✝️3®®0®¡$m_ ⏳

[@GH-nn6jt]

Why so?

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

@@N_0968 Cute response!! 👍🏻

[@ggelsrinc]

They failed reading comprehension?

[@johndoeiii9767]

✝️3®®0®¡$✝️$ from the start.

[@Qwerty-jy9mj]

Galileo never proved any significant stellar parallax in the sun. Galileo guessed correctly, but he didn't produce the scientific evidence to back up his case. The video is nonsense.

[@klattalexis]

The Catholic Church doesn't know its own Bible. In the Book of Job, in the Old Testament, it says in chapter 26, verse 10, "He [our Creator] has described a circle on the face of the waters", describing the earth as a sphere. The Book of Job began being written in the year, 1657 B.C.E. and was completed in 1473 B.C.E. Don't forget the Roman Catholic Church was formed "after" the great Apostasy set into the Christian Church. Original Christianity, as begun by Jesus Christ, would have never burned anybody at the stake for any reason! The Bible not only describes the precipitation & the evaporation cycle as well as our DNA.

[@productivepaste6876]

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[@capusvacans]

Uhm, nope, just nope; A circle is not a globe. Also, what does "a circle on the face of the waters" even mean? Well, i guess it can mean anything you want it to mean, but even then, a circle is not a globe. Also, the ancient greek of the oldest texts about this don't use the word for circle, they use the word for disc. And there is no way to even begin to interpret "disc" as "globe" without some truly impressive mental gymnastics. Apart from that it doesn't describe any of the other things you say either, like eg DNA. There is nothing in the bible that would make anyone think of the concept of DNA, however after already knowing about DNA, some of the wordsalad in the bible could be interpreted as being about DNA, however it might just as well be about the maiting behaviour of the bullet ant. There is no way to know without actualy asking the ppl who wrote it. As long as the scriblings in the bible don't lead directly to new discoveries, they are nothing but wordsalad retro-actively being reinterpreted to fit new discoveries.

[@DavidHummel-cc4of]

I guess with some creativity, looking down directly from way up, a globe could be described as a circle...maybe. But a circle is almost never is never a globe.

[@Chris-Moore501]

The conquistadors didn't force the natives to worship their "Christian" god; it was their Catholic one. Protestants and Catholics are separated for a reason.

[@mavrick45]

terrible

[@jona.3809]

Instead of actually explaining that Galileo was pushing his theory without any proof which is why the Catholic Church was prosecuting him, this is just an anti-Catholic video. History is more nuanced than "Catholic Church bad an protostant reformation good."

[@catielv]

Pff! As if the Catholic Church (or any other church) has any proof!

[@jona.3809]

@@catielv. Watch Catholic Truth's video on Galileo.

[@mariocalderon2148]

This is exactly what I thought after seeing the video. I wonder how these "facts" are repeated once and again, given the amount of literature, podcasts etc. in several languages about almost any topic.

[@alcapone2036]

Today's science is like the Catholic church.

[@danielmalinen6337]

The reality is not as interesting and media-sexy story as the version in which Galileo Galilei was arrested and convicted for practicing science, studying the stars and because of his heliocentricism. And people like this version more because the church and Christianity are portrayed in it as the villain of the story, the antagonist who hates and opposes all science and arts, and this is a much more interesting version than reality.

[@lisapop5219]

It came from protestatism. Copernicus first put forth the theory and he was a Catholic priest. There was no problem because it was a theory that could not be proven or disproven. Galileo stated unequivocally, even though he couldn't prove it, that it was true. He then published a book mocking the pope that supported his research, as backwards & archaic. The pope supported his research. It was a theory because there was no way yet to prove it. Galileo wanted people to listen and believe without evidence. History doesn't repeat but it rhymes

[@Enne_esse]

The church has always been corrupt. Deal with it.