Re: The Devil On JOA!?

On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 20:39:37 -0400, kstahl <ktsahl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>David Johnston wrote:
>> 
>> Nobody considered Gallileo or Copernicus bigoted for their problems
>> with the church.  What more needs be said?  
>> 
>
>I suppose that depends on how you look at it. The common language of the 
>day was Italian but the academic language was largely Latin. Gallileo 
>was accused of not abiding by commonly accepted church doctrine 

Actually he was accused of calling the pope a moron.  

and was 
>therefore essentially a bigot against the xtian faith.

That's not what the word "bigot" means.