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."

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[Hurricane78]

You can see how little scruple companies like the Catholic church have, when they dig up your remains to bury them again, just to make themselves look (not be, remember, Pope Kiddiefiddler) good...

Re:You know? I think I'm okay with that.

[paxcoder]

Agreed. And the embryonic research cannot compare, embryo is a human being, and as such it IS the juristiction of the Church to say exploiting it and killing is unethical - it's not a question of mere scientific progress, just like Nazi experiments weren't. And if one thinks embryos/Jews are less human that won't make them so, nor said experiments acceptable. Nor should we or the Church tolerate it.

Re:I've seen this before...

[anagama]

I don't have mod points to undo the unfair "troll", so I'll just say "well put".