RCC: Pope John Paul censors Steven Hawking

Here is an article in CNN saying the pope tried to stop Hawking and other scientists from attending a conference on the beginning of the universe and talking about the arrest of Galileo, where he tried to fix things there but calling it a "MUTUAL" miscomprehension. So even centuries later the church is not willing to unconditionally say they were wrong in calling the Earth the center of the universe. And now they want scientists to NOT study the birth of the universe, saying nobody can understand that event because it came from god. I guess you can predict my response to that load of crap.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/15/johnpaul.hawking.ap/index.html

Originally posted by sonhouse
Here is an article in CNN saying the pope tried to stop Hawking and other scientists from attending a conference on the beginning of the universe and talking about the arrest of Galileo, where he tried to fix things there but calling it a "MUTUAL" miscomprehension. So even centuries later the church is not willing to unconditionally say they were wrong in c ...[text shortened]... that load of crap.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/15/johnpaul.hawking.ap/index.html

what a shame ! Hawkings has created a real problem between the scientific community and the Vatican !

Way to blow the story WAY out of proportion!!!

Originally posted by sonhouse
Here is an article in CNN saying the pope tried to stop Hawking and other scientists from attending a conference on the beginning of the universe and talking about the arrest of Galileo, where he tried to fix things there but calling it a "MUTUAL" miscomprehension. So even centuries later the church is not willing to unconditionally say they were wrong in c ...[text shortened]... that load of crap.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/15/johnpaul.hawking.ap/index.html

Hawking is looking for a new voice. That's the real story there. The rest is hearsay, and concerns a discussion between two people who clearly were able to exchange differences of point view better than we usually see.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Here is an article in CNN saying the pope tried to stop Hawking and other scientists from attending a conference on the beginning of the universe and talking about the arrest of Galileo, where he tried to fix things there but calling it a "MUTUAL" miscomprehension. So even centuries later the church is not willing to unconditionally say they were wrong in c ...[text shortened]... that load of crap.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/15/johnpaul.hawking.ap/index.html

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Maybe John Paul II has made a comment on the study of the beginning of the universe....

Originally posted by lucifershammer
From the perspective of modern relativity, it would not be wrong to call the earth the centre of the Universe. In fact, NASA models for space vehicles assume so.

Originally posted by lucifershammer
From the perspective of modern relativity, it would not be wrong to call the earth the centre of the Universe. In fact, NASA models for space vehicles assume so.

Originally posted by no1marauder
Not this crap again.

Originally posted by lucifershammer
Just because you're ignorant of A-level science doesn't mean it's crap.

Originally posted by no1marauder
LMFAO!! There is no center of the universive in relativity, moron.

super.colorado.edu/~michaele/Lambda/gr.html

Originally posted by lucifershammer
There is no unique (or preferred) centre of the universe (that's what your site says in the first line) in relativity - any point can be chosen as centre for a particular frame of reference. So, as I said earlier, it is not wrong to call the earth the centre of the Universe.

EDIT: Leave the science to the scientists. Stick to the law.

Originally posted by twhitehead
The key word is 'the'. If you say that Earth is 'the' centre of the universe you are implying it is unique.
My understanding is that the Catholic Church was against any claim which implied a lack of importance in the position of the earth in the universe. Your apparent claim that they were correct is like a child crossing his fingers behind his back and ...[text shortened]... w it, they just dont like to admit it as that would imply the possibility of other mistakes.