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Secret Files of the Inquisition - part 1 - Root Out Heretics

"Perry’s Galileo Moment"

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Published on Jan 30, 2015

In the southwest of what is not France, in a time when the Church of Rome has proclaimed itself the one true religion, heresy has taken hold. The Pope sends the "Inquisitors of Heretical Depravity" to exterminate the heresy. Unbelievers are hunted down, condemned and burned. In 1308 a whole village is taken prisoner of the Inquisition. No one is safe. From the Secret Files: the extraordinary revelations of village life under the Inquisition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_CbjGM3_Fo

"Perry’s Galileo Moment

by Sarah Posner [ http://www.religiondispatches.org/contributors/sarahposner/ ]

In last night's debate, Rick Perry, stumbling over his answer denying the science of climate change, opined, "Galileo got outvoted for a spell." Of course Galileo, considered the father of modern science, wasn't "outvoted" by other scientists, he was subjected to an inquisition by the church for being a heretic.

Although, as I wrote [ http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/5080/few_religion_questions_at_debate/ ] in my earlier post, there was little overt religiosity in the debate, Perry's comments were clearly aimed at a religious audience. Climate change denial is not just hot for energy industry lobbyists, it's especially rampant among religious conservatives.

New social science research by sociologist Darren Sherkat [ http://sociology.siuc.edu/faculty/fac_sherkat.html ; http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/author/sherkatd/ ; http://www.religiondispatches.org/contributors/darrensherkat/ ] of Southern Illinois University shows that sectarian Christians do poorly on basic scientific literacy questions, and therefore have difficulty engaging in scientific discussions involved in public policy debates on issues like climate change.

"Sectarian Christians" is the term Sherkat uses for what most reporters and pundits call evangelicals, but by which Sherkat means denominational and non-denominational Christians who believe the bible is the literal, inerrant word of God. Sherkat writes in a forthcoming paper in Social Science Quarterly [ http://socialsciencequarterly.org/ ] that nearly one third of Americans "identify with sectarian Protestant denominations" and that "resources from these organizations and their sympathizers have been instrumental for establishing religious alternatives to the teaching of evolution—fostering a vibrant industry promoting 'intelligent design' and 'creation science.'" Josh Rosenau of the National Center for Science Education says that the same strategies are now being directed at attacking the science of climate change."

There's a bit more in that first item - https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=67016836

See also:

Why Life Originated (And Why it Continues)
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=66821790