I wrote:
> If Galileo were alive today he would scoff at your troubles.
> Galileo had to face the priests of HIS religion to defend his science.
> Unlike Galileo, priests from your religion are not questioning your
> faith.
This is not to say that Galileo always behaved like a model scientist.
For the lastest analysis of Galileo vs Church members may want to watch to
this lecture given in January 2005 at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo,
Ontario Canada.
David C. Lindberg, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
³The Florentine Heretic? Galileo, the Church, and the Cosmos²
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/activities/community/generalpublic/pasteven
ts2.php
Harry