I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree: ‘That the intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how heaven goes.’“ | |
Excerpted from Galileo Galilei’s letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany, sent in 1615 | |
Collected in Stillman Drake’s: “The Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo“. | |
[Found at one of the blogs I follow: http://jrbenjamin.com/ | |
The specific post is located at: http://jrbenjamin.com/2015/04/06/galileo-squares-faith-and-reason/ | |
Please take a moment to visit the original site. — kmab] | |
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He Says It’s Hard To Get There From Here
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