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The above photo appeared on Reddit. I was going to post it without much comment, but\u00a0Lydia Allen<\/a> wrote a post of related interest, trying to get past an\u00a0unhelpful and inaccurate view of religion and science as always in conflict, based on a particularly simplistic view of the Galileo story. She writes:<\/p>\n

If we are going to criticize either scientists or religion for interfering with each other, we must, as much as possible, attempt to get the facts straight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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