-=> Quoting Jack Sargeant to David Bloomberg <=-
JS> My dictionary defines skeptic as follows...
JS> 1. Skeptic: One who habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees.
JS> 2. Skeptic: One inclined to skepticism in philosophical or
JS> religious matters.
JS> This directly applies to Galileo's persecutors in the Church.
Does it?
Did they habitually question aspects of their religion?
I think not.
Was it their doubting of Galileo an exception? I think so.
Would they have doubted him if he'd come up with astronomical
evidence that the world is flat and the centre of the universe?
I think not.
Has Jack just killed his own argument?
I'll let you figure that one out for yourself.
Paul
... Half the lies my enemies tell about me are not true.
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