Ben Stein to take on Darwinism on April 18

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mmnin said:

I completely understand a scientists aversion to ID and creationism. Science as a whole was set back centuries in the middle ages due to the pope and his minions. Galileo was sent to rot in prison till his death for simply stating that the Earth was not the center of the universe.

There is no hint that the Pope or anyone else slow down science one bit during the Medieval times. Anyone who even played Medieval Total War would know this. One of the things that drives science is war. If there one thing Roman Empire was good at was war.

Also from what I've read from history it was Galileo's arrogance as well as belittling the wrong people (including those who support him) that got Galileo in trouble more than his idea. In fact even the church took Galileo's position before there were hard evidence to back it up.