Re: SF: Back to theory

From: Proginoskes (proginoskes_at_email.msn.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: 27 Feb 2005 15:17:32 -0800

Nora Baron (?) wrote:

> As in many other instances he has his own nonstandard definition
> of 'liar'. A 'liar' is someone who disagrees with James Harris.

Could the Catholic Church have called Galileo a liar when he said the
Earth goes around the Sun, and not the other way around? According to
James Harris, yes.

     --- Christopher Heckman

Relevant Pages

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  • Re: Galileo - Take 2
    ... Catholic Church and Science which included a section on Galileo that ... considering the apparent motion of the Earth from a fixed point on the ... its' equant and the Sun, just like for any other planet. ... to get Kepler's third law to apply ...
    (talk.origins)