tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post448710629505897193..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: China, Galileo, and the Heavens bionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-65055727606943736682022-04-26T03:37:56.813-07:002022-04-26T03:37:56.813-07:00From the Holland book, and also from my earlier re...From the Holland book, and also from my earlier reading. The issue of Galileo is not as cut and dry as modern science and anti-Christian thinkers would wish us to believe.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-60250308552200926612022-04-26T03:31:59.341-07:002022-04-26T03:31:59.341-07:00I was raised the same, with only this one very sma...I was raised the same, with only this one very smallest of the small Protestant denomination fully holding the key. There were adjacent Protestants who were OK, but the farther removed - some Protestant denominations, but of course Catholic and Orthodox - they were just wrong...really about everything.<br /><br />Everything? Turns out not the case. Each is wrong about something, right about many things.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-52996106458896173222022-04-24T20:31:42.400-07:002022-04-24T20:31:42.400-07:00Also, of the 12 million slaves transported to the ...Also, of the 12 million slaves transported to the Americas. A third went to Brazil alone. Many more went to the Caribbean and Central America. Only 388,000 went to the US. That means those who were the most cruel were not the Anglo-Saxons.RMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603112499567064214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-64157824464883514242022-04-23T09:09:43.828-07:002022-04-23T09:09:43.828-07:00You reminded me of Tom Woods' "How the Ca...You reminded me of Tom Woods' "How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization." IIRC, Woods also tackles the misinformation on the Galileo affair, as described by BM.<br /><br />With regards to slavery.<br /><br />I read a few years ago that more Europeans were enslaved and transported to North Africa than African slaves transported to the new World. An estimated 1.2 to 4 millions Europeans were enslaved and transported to Africa in roughly the same time period Of an estimated 12 million enslaved Africans were transported into the New World. But, the history of European slavery goes back further.<br /><br />I was challenged by my son in-law about my statement about Europeans vs. African slaves. Of course, a 10 second google search "proved" me and my several hours of reading and following links a few ago. End of debate ... I am wrong. Heck, the word "slave" is derived from "Slav" because of all Slavs that were captured and soled as chattel. That millions were enslaved from regions of what today is Ukraine and Crimea and shipped to the Middle East and North Africa, well, that is not found in a neat package by a google search. Are the estimates correct? Maybe, maybe not but it seems that there is no debating some people. It hurts their sensibilities.<br />JaimeInTexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729407700850451849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-80757254392673200792022-04-22T09:46:20.714-07:002022-04-22T09:46:20.714-07:00Is this a book review? Are your comments about Ga...Is this a book review? Are your comments about Galileo from the Tom Holland book? The two books I have read on the subject - Galileo, A Brief Insight by Stillman Drake and Galileo Revisited by Dom Paschal Scotti both present a Galileo who urged the Catholic Church to refrain from making doctirnal pronouncements on matters of science. Furthermore, Galileo did indeed have "proof" that the heavenly bodies did not rotate about the earth. Specifically, the Galilean moons of Jupiter, which can be seen to rotate about that planet.<br />Galileo's trial did not include any empirical evidence. The judges were not capable of evaluating such things. He was convicted of heresy simply because he disobeyed Pope Leo's order that he shall not teach or justify the notion of heliocentrism.<br />I repeat my question - do your comments on Galileo come from the Tom Holland book?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-75546540463626192222022-04-21T08:46:58.652-07:002022-04-21T08:46:58.652-07:00Wait. China took European slaves? Where is the t...Wait. China took European slaves? Where is the talk of reparations to Germans? Just kidding. But if that ever happened I would be suing Norway and Denmark for reparations over what the Vikings did to my ancestors.<br /><br />But this is a very interesting story. It is another piece of evidence for a belief I have. Truth is never found through surface level analysis. As good as narrative is, it is used to deceive us as much as teach. No. To know truth you must dig deep until you hit the lowest level of detail that is appropriate. Many times the truth is the exact opposite of what it appears on the surface.<br /><br />I lay out my ideas in the link:<br />https://thecrosssectionrmb.blogspot.com/2020/06/think-through-all-levels.htmlRMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603112499567064214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-70232934151195330682022-04-20T19:41:28.235-07:002022-04-20T19:41:28.235-07:00The Roman Catholic Church has certainly committed ...The Roman Catholic Church has certainly committed its share of crimes, as could be said of any powerful organization run by humans with a 2000 year-old pedigree, but the more I look into the supposed big ones, the more I find sympathy with the Church. The first of the Crusades were a response to 400 years of Muslim aggression and to aid the Byzantines being besieged by the Turks, the Spanish Inquisition was an attempt to solidify the victory of a 700 year-old fight to retake Spain from the Muslims and killed a few thousand people at most, the treatment of deviant sects of Christianity were often tolerated so long as they remained under the authority of the Church, the rate of abuse of children in the Catholic Church is far less than that found in our public schools run by "heroic" teachers, etc. I hadn't known about Copernicus and Galileo, so thank you for these two other examples.<br /><br />I recently listened to Dave Smith's comedy special Libertas, and the way he describes how leftists overplayed their hand in regards to Trump, is how I feel Protestants overplayed their hand in regards to the Catholic Church. Dave said that because Liberals kept calling Trump Hitler, if Trump is anything less than Hitler, then he will think he has done a pretty good job. Outraged leftist: "He gassed like 20,000 people!" Dave's response: "Only 20,000?... I mean, I thought you said he was gonna be like Hitler. Guy makes a lay up and now they're calling him MJ. Relax. Let him work." In the same way, my Protestant upbringing had led me to believe this Catholic Church was an unredeemable tyrannical oppressor. In reality it was a Holy institution which was tasked by Jesus to carry His teachings into the future, though it was necessarily run by flawed humans and has made many errors and has been corrupted many times. Still, Matthew 16:18 holds.A Texas Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980539931923054404noreply@blogger.com