The question is not…

The question is not… 2015-01-01T15:00:04-07:00

“Why did the Church persecute Galileo in its centuries-long war on science?”

The question is, “How come, when historically illiterate post-moderns want to complain about the Church’s “centuries-long war on science” they can always only think of Galileo?

Meanwhile, some well-meaning Christians are busy doing their best to inadvertantly drum up business for the latest dumbness from Dan Brown. Protesting at theatres will just draw more historically illiterate post-modern people in (and give them the satisfying frisson of “standing up against bigotry” even as they indulge their own).

Fr. Robert Barron replies to the nonsense. And Steve Greydanus still has the best all-around takedown I’ve seen.


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