In a msg to Jack Sargeant on , Heiko Diekmann of 
2:240/5202.19@fidonet.org writes:
JS>Galileo was persecuted by the skepics in the church. 400 years after
JS>he was tormented, kept under house arrest, and otherwise ruined, he
JS>was eventually vindicated, and his beliefs upheld.
 HD> What kind of skeptics were there in the church? They were no skeptics 
 HD> but believers. If they had been skeptics, they would have tested his 
 HD> evidence, tried out his experiments with the pendulum, looked through 
 HD> his telescope to see the moons of Jupiter, the rings of saturn, they 
 HD> would have tested the evidence and made their conclusions.
 HD> They ignored the evidence, and didnīt test it. Thatīs no skepticism 
 HD> but exactly the opposite.
Thank you!  That was exactly the point I tried to make to Jack, but he didn't 
get it.  I admit that I didn't explain it as well as you did, presuming that 
Jack would understand what I was saying.  I guess I was wrong, so I'm glad 
you posted this response!  It will be interesting to see what he has to say.
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