>>>Neither do I, but the church claimed that the earth was the centre of the universe.
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>So what? People in power make all sorts of claims and declarations that turn out to be wrong, to the severe disadvantage of other human beings. The Nazis were not churchmen. And there was a time when it made perfect "scientific" sense to nuke your enemies. And to buy oversized, overpowered vehicles that convert fossil fuel into greenhouse gases.
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>Lets hope that future generations aren't so arrogant as to judge our institutions such as democracy and freedom by a portfolio of carefully selected errors, or to impose their own exhalted standards without consideration for the norms and uncertainties of the age.

Errors? Isn't the pope infallible? Isn't this god guy immutable?