[ExI] now we hafta fight these guys too?

spike spike66 at att.net
Thu May 12 22:58:55 UTC 2011


2011/5/12 spike <spike66 at att.net>:
> This whole story is irony wrapped in comedy, packed inside a paradox:

Totally agree with you on that.

> Green Smoke and Mirrors? Vatican Weighs in on Climate Change

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/11/green-smoke-mirrors-vatican-weighs
-climate-change/


>...The church confused about science? That could never happen. Of course,
when the science is this confusing... one can hardly blame them. -Kelly


But this one disappointed me.  For so many years, the Vatican seemed
determined to work with science instead of against it.  They seemed to have
learned their lesson from the whole unfortunate Galileo affair.  He was sent
to hell for his heresies after he perished in 1642.  It wasn't until 2008
that the Vatican changed his status from heretic to hero.  Presumably they
took him out of hell and put him in heaven, but wait.  By my calculations he
spent 366 years in hell, when he was right all along.  Does that seem right
to you?

The Vatican wanted to avoid another such embarrassment, so they were quite
open minded by the time Charles Darwin came along.  With the Jesuits, they
seemed very hip to science, even sponsoring some branches of research.  I
don't know why they dropped the ball on this one.

spike











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