tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post7030420807700731424..comments2024-02-18T12:18:45.788-05:00Comments on Sun and Shield: Cosmos, with Neil deGrasse TysonMartin LaBarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-19500288756745546512014-03-18T08:26:06.638-04:002014-03-18T08:26:06.638-04:00Thanks, atlibertytosay. I haven't seen more of...Thanks, atlibertytosay. I haven't seen more of the series, but the previous commenter, on Giordano Bruno, probably was reinforcing your point about science in the church.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-22660279087661828382014-03-18T07:57:34.816-04:002014-03-18T07:57:34.816-04:00I found it of note that they mentioned Jesus, amon...I found it of note that they mentioned Jesus, amongst other religious icons as certainties for birth ~ placing them in the last minute of the cosmic calendar.<br /><br />I was skeptical because the executive producer, Seth McFarlane is an atheist as was Sagan, and as is Tyson (who claims agnostic over atheist).<br /><br />The show I felt, while visually stunning, was harsh on science in the church.atlibertytosayhttp://thelibertymonitor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-15249795605955190512014-03-11T07:26:06.499-04:002014-03-11T07:26:06.499-04:00I didn't watch long enough to see that.
The W...I didn't watch long enough to see that.<br /><br />The Wikipedia article on Bruno agrees with you on the cause of his execution:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno<br /><br />Thanks.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-71248679227949900222014-03-10T22:17:55.668-04:002014-03-10T22:17:55.668-04:00My problem with the show and Tyson was that they d...My problem with the show and Tyson was that they desperately tried to make Giordano Bruno a scientific martyr. He wasn't. It was the scientific community of the day that rejected his scientific views.<br /><br />He was killed for being a heretic because he was a universalist, a unitarian/Arian, and a bunch of other -ists that got people killed in the 1600s. His beliefs on the order of the universe were barely mentioned in his conviction orders.David W. Rankin Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10310708078992339039noreply@blogger.com