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Locked out

April 19, 2020 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

Just to say that I've been locked out of this site for months because my email was blacklisted.  And how do you find out about something like that?  Since they aren't emailing you ???   ... but I finally got through to WordPress and the problem is fixed.  Of course it doesn't help that I have [...]

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Jessamyn 14

November 23, 2019November 17, 2019 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

“No, Jeremy Roberts talked me into that change.” She looked at her hands for a moment with a small smile, and then back up. “Let’s get that tractor.” She led the way around the far side of the house, opened the garage and rooted for a pair of boots for herself. She knew where the [...]

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Jessamyn 13

November 20, 2019November 17, 2019 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

Duncan sleeping meant I was faced with a quiet house and my own thoughts. The socks were nearly done and I had clean clothes for the next day. In the back hall I found a jacket that fit me more or less. I took it to wear in the chill air. Outside looking around but [...]

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Is the Pope making the Galileo Mistake, continued

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

Making mistakes/owning mistakes Is the Pope Making the Galileo Mistake "He that is giddy thinks the world turns round."  W. Shakespeare Galileo's insult to the Pope ended in a trial for disobedience (not heresy).  Galileo was convicted and sentenced to house arrest. (If you want a good summary of the trial look for Stillman Drake's [...]

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Is the Pope Making the Galileo Mistake

November 13, 2019November 17, 2019 catholicfictioncatholicscience1 Comment

In the previous post about mistakes ( Making mistakes/owning mistakes  ) I wrote that one truth about Galileo is that he asked the Church in 1616 to declare as dogma that the earth moved and the sun stood still. Cardinal Robert Bellarmine was alive at this point and had a hand in the response.  What the Church [...]

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