Reply #38: Changing degrees of heavy-handedness... [View All]

[Silent3]

...isn't a good sign of a lack of fundamental conflict, just the changing politics of how a conflict is handled.

I have a big problem with an organization like a church forcing a scientist to even edit a few sentences to fit in with their dogma. At best it's just an absurdity to say, "We're nice, open-minded people. We'll let you calculate the position of the planets as if the earth is going around the sun if that's easier for you scientist guys to do and the numbers come out better, but please, remember not to say that the earth really goes around the sun! Let the priests be the Holders of the Divine Truth that the earth doesn't move and we'll let you publish your silly equations, okay?"