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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If the post below is yet another attempt to rewrite the history of the Inquisition as it pertains to Galileo then it would be worthwhile to read the text of Galileo's indictment in 1633. Here are excerpts from the "Sentence of the Tribunal of the Supreme Inquisition against Galileo Galilei, given the 22nd day of June of the year 1633", taken from the Modern History Source Book of Fordham University (Please see http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1630galileo.html): "It being the case that thou, Galileo, son of the late Vincenzio Galilei, a Florentine, now aged 70, wast denounced in this Holy Office in 1615: "That thou heldest as true the false doctrine taught by many, that the Sun was the centre of the universe and immoveable, and that the Earth moved, and had also a diurnal motion: That on this same matter thou didst hold a correspondence with certain German mathematicians.... "That the Sun is the centre of the universe and doth not move from his place is a proposition absurd and false in philosophy, and formerly heretical; being expressly contrary to Holy Writ: That the Earth is not the centre of the universe nor immoveable, but that it moves, even with a diurnal motion, is likewise a proposition absurd and false in philosophy, and considered in theology ad minus erroneous in faith..... "We order that by a public edict the book of DIALOGUES OF GALILEO GALILEI be prohibited, and We condemn thee to the prison of this Holy Office during Our will and pleasure; and as a salutary penance We enjoin on thee that for the space of three years thou shalt recite once a week the Seven Penitential Psalms, reserving to Ourselves the faculty of moderating, changing, or taking from, all other or part of the above-mentioned pains and penalties." It should be clear from the above that Galileo was indicted because of his advocacy of the heliocentric view and his rejection of the stationary earth thesis, both of which were contrary to "Holy Scriptures". Cheers, Santosh --- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Relaxing ways are watching National Geographic, > Nature and other educational TV channels. Recently > there was a program entitled "Beyond the Big Bang". > I encourage those who come across this program to > watch it. There are a few points that Goanetters > may find of interest, in light of prior discussions > on this web site. > > In reviewing the progressive understanding of the > planetary system, the narrator states, Galileo's > problem with the church was not his view of the sun > being center of our planetary system. This > (heliocentric system) was first presented (prior to > Galileo), by many other astronomers, the most famous > of which were Polish Nicolaus Copernicus and German > Johannes Kepler. In fact, one Vatican cardinal told > Galileo Galilei and the other cardinals, "The Bible > tells us how to go to heaven. Not how the heaven > goes." Galileo's fall-out with the church, > according to the narrator, was Galileo's > interpretation of the Bible to meet his science, > rather than sticking to his observational work, like > his other renowned predecessors and contemporaries > working on the same concepts of the universe. If > Galileo lived in Northern Europe instead of Venice > and later Florence, his fate likely may have been > different. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** http://www.GOANET.org **** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ECAP 2007 - Computer Society of India - Goa Chapter inaugurates its 15th Exhibition of Computers & Allied Products at Hotel Mandovi, Panaji at 9:30am on Sep 8, 2007 at the hands of Mr. M. N. Rao - Advisor & Director (IT) Department of Computer Science - Government of Goa. All are cordially Invited ---------------------------------------------------------------------------