>So I guess he considers the church banning his book, putting him on trial and forcing him to recant his research is not an effort to suppress the research?
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>This is like saying some KKK members were once unhappy about black people, but made no effort to opress them.
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>If this is an example of his keen perception, then I pass.

The research was not supressed. They were very upset about his conclusions and publications, and used the powers (improper by modern standards) of a theocratic government to persecute them.