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In the fifteenth installment of "Discovering Religion" I discuss the historical suppression of science by Christian authorities. But this is really nothing new. Modern-day Christians constantly attempt to suppress scientific knowledge they see as contradicting their literal understanding of the Bible.

This is perfectly exemplified by Ray Comfort's insane version of dog evolution, highlighted at the beginning of the episode. Although Comfort is satisfied to manipulate scientific information and denigrate Darwin's life work, Christian authorities of the past were more keen to excommunicate, torture, and put to death anyone they deemed as heretical.

VIDEOS:

Using Common Sense to Debunk Evolution (Ray Comfort video)
youtube.com/watch?v=NkucszhRjnA

Thunderf00d For Thought (NephilimFree)
youtube.com/watch?v=awtWzHnnxIE

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LINKS:

al-Haytham
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhazen

Aristotle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle

Galileo Galilei:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

Aristarchus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristarchus_of_Samos

Roger Bacon:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/roger-bacon/

books.google.com/books?id=jSPHMKbjYkQC&pg=PR56&lpg=PR56&dq=Roger+Bacon+rainbows&source=bl&ots=z6ut5u94vF&sig=xEL-dO__iwAlIrRlndAG9INOfn0&hl=en&ei=bqRgTIeKOMWBlAefg4maCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Roger%20Bacon%20rainbows&f=false

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Other interesting links to learn more about Christians who were burnt at the stake for holding marginal ecclesiastical views.

Jan Hus (1415)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hus

Savonarola (1498)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savonarola

Patrick Hamilton (1528)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Hamilton_%28martyr%29

John Frith (1533)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frith#Trial_and_death

William Tyndale (1536)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyndale

Michael Servetus (1553)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Servetus

Giordano Bruno (1600)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno

Avvakum Petrov (1682)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avvakum

Hugh Latimer (1555)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Latimer

Nicholas Ridley (1555)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Ridley_%28martyr%29

Thomas Cranmer (1556)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer

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MUSIC CITED:

The Hours Soundtrack - 10 Why Does Someone Has To Die
The Hours Soundtrack - 13 Choosing Life

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PLAYLIST:
youtube.com/view_play_list?p=70E757541E8576D7

TRANSCRIPT:
discoveringreligion.net/?p=1394

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