tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post3414584160997137040..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Shallow Thinking from Simon Blackbionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-64141124841027616522014-02-26T07:52:56.199-08:002014-02-26T07:52:56.199-08:00Year 1959. Ist Semester College. Taking: Physics I...Year 1959. Ist Semester College. Taking: Physics I, General Chemistry, Calculus I, English Composition, and an Humanities Course: Western Civilization. Still remember the Professor scoffing at the term Dark Ages. He said that the period insured Western Civilization would lead the world. He mentioned three signal developments that changed everything: adopting 1) Crop Rotation, 2) Horse Collar, and 3) Cost Accounting.<br /><br />Dan KurDan Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252444956956894276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-82868425710057326092014-02-20T15:57:44.686-08:002014-02-20T15:57:44.686-08:00As with any large long lived organization, the Chu...As with any large long lived organization, the Church has been both extremely lax and extremely harsh in punishing all sorts of transgressions. Allowing the sale of indulgences was wrong and everyone knew it. In the other direction, people should know that they nearly wiped out entire large groups that were considered heretical, like the Bogomils, and did wipe out others, like the Albigensians.<br />taxesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-92129261486017027832014-02-19T11:03:17.054-08:002014-02-19T11:03:17.054-08:00Gallileo's problem was that he was teaching th...Gallileo's problem was that he was teaching that that planets went round the sun instead of vice versa as a fact when everybody suspected it was true but nobody could prove it.and so the Pope sent him to his room to think about things. It was on Tom Woods's show on Catholic tv.Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-17667792915841081412014-02-19T06:13:11.878-08:002014-02-19T06:13:11.878-08:00Thanks, JFF. The nuances within the nuances.... Thanks, JFF. The nuances within the nuances.... bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-65096156505495310052014-02-19T05:52:59.600-08:002014-02-19T05:52:59.600-08:00BM, I can't remember where, but I do recall so...BM, I can't remember where, but I do recall someone making offhanded comments that even Galileo's "persecution" was less about his "heresy," but his overall attitude about his research. Seems he wasn't the most agreeable fellow.<br /><br />Again, read it in passing, maybe Tom Woods, so I can't be sure.JFFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-34485625161660101732014-02-19T05:51:04.501-08:002014-02-19T05:51:04.501-08:00In other words, if you went around claiming you...In other words, if you went around claiming you've found a blue duck, but everyone told you that you just painted a seagull yellow, would you put your fingers in your ears and say, "LALALALALA!!!"?JFFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-57678780960965230882014-02-19T02:48:52.402-08:002014-02-19T02:48:52.402-08:00There they go again.There they go again.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242683448708605585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-35521856999114448612014-02-18T19:10:07.709-08:002014-02-18T19:10:07.709-08:00in other words, if people tell you that the Church...in other words, if people tell you that the Church was intolerant and women were routinely tortured and executed as witches you tell them it never happened?Gilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-52721413845388292902014-02-18T19:07:07.602-08:002014-02-18T19:07:07.602-08:00Tony, very good.
There are many who complain ab...Tony, very good. <br /><br />There are many who complain about the brainwashing via religion. Often, they are equally brainwashed by the hatred of religion. bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-16993723508070348802014-02-18T17:10:34.113-08:002014-02-18T17:10:34.113-08:00Hatred of the Middle Ages goes hand-in-hand with h...Hatred of the Middle Ages goes hand-in-hand with hatred of the Catholic Church. Among the cultural elites, the facts don't matter. Black legends rule the day. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242683448708605585noreply@blogger.com