View Single Post
  #74  
Old 09-26-2007, 03:44 PM
tame_deuces tame_deuces is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 1,494
Default Re: Why Is Only \"Micro Evolution\" Acceptable?

[ QUOTE ]

I didn't say that. I was referring to him being the only one that challenged the geocentric beliefs of the time. He challenged the beliefs of everyone and his lesson to us should be to not always just accept all that we are taught as absolute truth.

[/ QUOTE ]

Actually he furthered the beliefs of Copernicus, and the hypothesis it builds on was not an uncommon one amongst many scholars of the time.

The process of Galileo is important because it shows the scientific process at it's finest and where you can end up when it is misunderstood.
Reply With Quote