Giordano Bruno - The Philosopher/Heretic to the Church

"Giordano was born five years after Copernicus died. He had bequeathed an intoxicating idea to the generation that was to follow him. We hear a lot in our own day about the expanding universe. The thought of the Infinity of the Universe was one of the great stimulating ideas of the Renaissance... He suffered a cruel death and achieved a unique martyr's fame. He has become the Church's most difficult alibi. She can explain away the case of Galileo with suave condescension. Bruno sticks in her throat."
-Dr. John Kessler

"I fought, and that's a lot. I thought I could win ... but nature and luck curbed my endeavour. But it's already something that I took up the struggle, because I see that victory is in the hands of Fate. In me was what was possible and what no future century will be able to deny to me: what a winner could give from his own; that I did not fear death, that I did not submit, my face firm, to anyone of my breed; that I preferred courageous death to pavid life."
- Giordano Bruno

You sometimes hear the name Giordano Bruno (1548--1600) invoked as a prequel to the life of Galileo Galilei (1564--1642). These two natural philosophers, countrymen of the Italian peninsula, stood ready to shove the Earth from its ancient resting place and set it in orbit around the Sun. Though a rotating, revolving Earth challenged common sense and flew in the face of received wisdom, still they both embraced the idea—at their peril. The difference is that Bruno died for his beliefs (tied to a stake and set on fire in a public square in Rome), while Galileo recanted before the Inquisition and lived to advanced old age under house arrest.

Galileo Galilei is a seminal figure in the history of science. Both Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein credit him as the first modern scientist. His 1633 trial before the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the prime drama in the history of the conflict between science and religion. In Galileo's day, Rome was the capital of a sovereign theocratic power, which in 1600 had executed Giordano Bruno on similar charges and reserved the right to torture Galileo.

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[2JOHNNYT]

As a non practicing Catholic I say WHAT A DEN OF SATANIC VIPERS THE CHURCH TRULY IS - the only TRUTH is within - leave those pedophiles and monsters behind. The truth is yours to have - not theirs to give!

[StudioOfDah]

another Achilles heel of the church, they have plenty... plenty of them

[LilacJS]

what is the soundtrack for this?

[Aryachari]

Girodano Bruno was a little like Cassandra from Greek myth who was gifted with knowing the truth but cursed so nobody would believe her.

Giordano Bruno was certainly a gifted and noble man who was cursed to live in a time of ignorance, ignobility and brutality.

[badblueman]

And so it should haunt the church. Any decade now, religion will crumble under its own retardation...dogmatism, superstition FTL... "For The Lose".

[2bsirius]

Brilliant...Thanks!