Pope Fires his Chief Astronomer

Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
Why does the Vatican need an astronomer in the first place?

Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
You'd think they would have learned their lesson after that shameful incident. It sounds like history is repeating itself.

Originally posted by LutherMaher
Your just recycling simplistic interpretations of complex historical events. Do you know anything beyond the one sentence referecnes to the Galileo incident in todays current events? Wait dont tell me....NO!

Originally posted by LutherMaher
and specifically Genesis ones, had asstrology, cosmology, biology and natural history in mind

no retardation is taking place, the RC Church is not the ICR or AiG who because of their inability to place the Biblical texts in the contexts of the authors day, somehow contrive theories about how Biblical authors and specifically Genesis ones, had asstrology, cosmology, biology and natural history in mind when the Creation stories were being composed...

You're just trying to get on my good side. 🙂

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences:

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdscien/index.htm

List of members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences:

Stephen W. Hawking is a member as you can see.

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdscien/own/documents/rc_pa_acdscien_doc_20020103_academicians_en.html

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
413 "God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. . . It was through the devil's envy that death entered the world" (Wis 1:13; 2:24).

414 Satan or the devil and the other demons are fallen angels who have freely refused to serve God and his plan. Their choice against God is definitive. They try to associate man in their re ...[text shortened]... http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p7.htm

That good enough for you? ......

Originally posted by kirksey957
Case in point. A biomedical company has found a way to harvest stem cells without harming the embryos. Even the Bush administration is very positive about this deveolpment. But the Vatican? Yep, you guessed it.

Originally posted by LutherMaher
if there is someone here with even a mediocre amount of knowledge in the fields of history and theology, I would invite you to discuss the Galileo story with me at my MSN Group

Originally posted by ivanhoe
You should open a thread in the Debates Forum and invite no1marauder to discuss this issue with you.

Originally posted by ivanhoe
I'm afraid not. the Roman-Catholic Church does not take the Genesis story literally. You'll have to come up with something better than this.

Looks like the guy's name is Rev. George Coyne, if that helps.

http://www.livescience.com/othernews/ap_051118_ID_vatican.html

Originally posted by Nemesio
I cannot find an official Vatican pronouncement on why the
chief astronomer was fired. Do you have a link, Ivanhoe?

Nemesio

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Where did you get this information ?

Could you please post a link to an official Church comment on this issue ?