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Copernicus Reburied As Hero
CasualFriday writes "Mikolaj Kopernik, a.k.a. Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose findings were condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as heretical, was reburied by Polish priests as a hero on Saturday, nearly 500 years after he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave. On Saturday, his remains were blessed with holy water by some of Poland's highest-ranking clerics before an honor guard ceremoniously carried his coffin through the imposing red brick cathedral and lowered it back into the same spot where part of his skull and other bones were found in 2005."
Symbols have power. I don't see any harm in showing respect for a noted independent thinker. Also, any act that demonstrates that religion and science do not have to be in opposition is a Good Thing.
Furthermore, in deference to his religious beliefs, I'll imagine he is pleased.
But not vice versa.
What he said.
Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin. -- Robert A. Heinlein
They haven't changed a damn bit. This is done as one big PR stunt to make it look like they aren't completely anti-science. The "debate" about whether to teach science or religion in science classrooms is a huge thing right now. If the church's beliefs have been "comparable with science" for some time now then why did it take so long to rebury this guy? The answer is simple, they still think this guy is a heretic but they're pretending to honor him so it makes the "teach religion instead of science" argument more sensible. "SEE!! We can't possibly be anti-science, we just now honored a scientist we didn't like 500 years ago!!"
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a big part of the reformation was ditching all the "extended universe" canon stuff and going back to what's in the original book
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