Recent content by Gary

Obviously Galileo was right. That was less obvious in 1616. He had not proved it, nor did he have consensus by other reputable scientists. In 1616 Galileo was not told to not talk about heliocentric models. He could freely talk of it without fear of reprisal from the church. He was advised...

Bruno was a pantheist who was excommunicated by Lutherans, Calvinists, and Catholics for his theological beliefs. Bruno was not a scientist, and probably embraced Copernican views to the extent they fit his own theological views. He knew what he was getting into in his inquisition and frankly...

This seems to be of little dispute. In any case, it had little to do with science per se. I'm sure you have read about Robert Bellarmine as well. By all accounts, he was friendly with Galileo and had the unhappy task of dealing with him in 1616. Bellarmine is a fascinating figure because he...

The people who wrote about A&D that Galileo was complaining about happen to be Catholic; they do not speak for the Catholic Church. The Catholic church ordinarily only speaks through ecumenical councils (such as Vatican II), although obviously what the pope and bishops have to say carry some...

I'll be honest, I've never heard this one before. It's interesting that LeMatraie suffered similar accusations against him by scientists clinging to athiestic "scripture" if you will. His theories on the origin of the universe were not attacked based on sound science (which was on his side)...

Galileo, I thought this was a curious topic to post here as the topic seems somewhat variant from the political topics usually posted here. I suspect you and I are the only ones who have ever spent any time at all reading about Galileo and his run-ins with the church. I have not read Dias's...

Bman: Well in my case I do have first hand experience. Girls and women may very well attempt to hide the pain of the abortion, but it is there all the same. But what is interesting is that the women who have had abortions state that it is the abortion that is causing them the emotional pain...

And a passenger is completely dependent on the driver or pilot. It give no right to the driver to kill the passenger.

It takes more than ideas. It takes action. 1. Contribute money or time to crisis pregnancy centers. Check out Heartbeat International or one of their hundreds of affiliates for example. 2. Make sure everyone you meet who might be susceptible to abortion knows that there are ALWAYS better...

Oh I almost forgot to mention: Abortionists have demonstrated time and again a willingness to set aside anything else for the sake of abortion including many causes that liberals love so much (much to their embarressmant). Planned Parenthood has repeatedly been caught breaking various laws...

Well first off, it is a government issue. The point of government is to promote justice. Since the taking of innocent human life is unjust, the government must make it a "government issue" as you call it. I don't know if you have had the opportunity to talk to a woman who has had an abortion...

How do you propose an unborn child should protect herself from the abortionist and his vacuum aspirator?

Excellent point! Although in your case, attempting to rescue someone surrounded by lava might endanger more lives, whereas this is not the case in abortion, at least for >99% of the time. But if there was no risk in saving the adult surrounded by lava and we simply let them die, then we would...

What if the neighbor is the unborn child? I think abortionists certainly fit into the repeat offender category here. True. Just like outlawing murder doesn't eliminate it.

Attention: biology lesson here folks: Sperms and eggs contain half the DNA of a person. Neither a sperm nor an egg are a "potential person", but rather specialized cells. While both are living cells, neither of them are living organisms. Neither is capable of self-reproduction at a cellular...