"Vatican recasting Galileo from heretic to man of faith" by Nicole Winfield, Associated Press | December 25, 2008
VATICAN CITY - Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero.
That's what awaits us, fellow 9/11 brethren!
The Vatican is recasting the most famous victim of its Inquisition as a man of faith, just in time for the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope and the UN-designated International Year of Astronomy next year....
He getting an apology with that, because I'd want one even if I'm in the grave!
It's quite a reversal of fortune for Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), who made the first complete astronomical telescope and used it to gather evidence that the Earth revolved around the sun. Church teaching at the time placed Earth at the center of the universe.
Yeah, that PHYSICS thing is tough to get around!
Reminds me off WTC TOWERS DROPPING INTO THEIR OWN FOOTPRINT!!
The church denounced Galileo's theory as dangerous to the faith, but Galileo defied its warnings. Tried as a heretic in 1633 and forced to recant, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, later changed to house arrest....
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