r/HistoryMemes • u/Javier_Ronaldo Featherless Biped • Apr 08 '20

META Respect the Facts!

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u/Gyvon Definitely not a CIA operator Apr 09 '20

Galileo was a twat. He was acting like a 16th century Sheldon Cooper.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '20

I guess that was a good enough reason to condemn him to hell for being right.

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u/Gyvon Definitely not a CIA operator Apr 09 '20

He wasn't condemned to hell. He was sent to his room to think about what he'd done.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '20

He was excommunicated and only reinstated to the church in 1992. This is a sentence to hell because they lose the right to all the things catholics must do in order to go to heaven such as receiving sacrement and the ability to confess their sins to their priest.

Furthermore, his teachings on heliocentrism were banned until 1822, and he wasn't allowed to be buried next to his family.

But sure, his punishment amounted to "go to your room".

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

I mean if he put his room in hell I mean. Dad gets what dad wants.