> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:46:33 UTC, "Mike Schilling"
> hotmail.com> wrote:
>

>> Bill Snyder wrote:

>>> On 03 Sep 2008 22:33:13 GMT, "Dan Drake" dandrake.com> wrote:
>>>

>>>> On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 20:47:25 UTC, "Mike Schilling"
>>>> hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>

>>>>> William Hyde wrote:

>>>>>> " Although he had been planning to write his own big book about
>>>>>> "the construction of the universe," he judged the time too
>>>>>> dangerous. He put off the project for a decade, until after his
>>>>>> most powerful admirer, Maffeo Cardinal Barberini, was elected
>>>>>> Pope
>>>>>> Urban VIII. Then Galileo discussed his book idea with the new
>>>>>> pope
>>>>>> and got tacit permission to proceed - provided he would present
>>>>>> the two arguments equally, and not promote one side over the
>>>>>> other."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Though how one can "fairly" promote an incorrect theory is a
>>>>>> question I cannot answer.
>>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>> You teach the controversy.

>>>>
>>>> He did (I mean, Galileo). Read what he said. It's in print in
>>>> English at this very moment.
>>>> The accusation was, and is, that he didn't teach it well enough.
>>>> Perhaps after you've looked through the book, you could help us
>>>> understand what a better treatment would have been like.

>>>
>>> I believe Mike is engaging in a bit of sarcasm related to a
>>> certain Governor-and-VP-candidate's suggested approach to the
>>> teaching of evolution.

>>
>> Not just her; it's a standard Republican line.

>
> Sure is. Trouble is, when one spends time in talk.origins, one sees it
> used in all seriousness all too often.
>
> My apologies, since I might have recognized your name and remembered
> which side you're on!