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[…] to believe in a sun-centered universe and wrote a work that laid the foundation for modern physics. Today Galileo is universally recognized as a father of modern science, and his trial the cause celebre […]
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[…] assessment of Shlomo Biderman, that “Christianity is centered on revelation, which contains within it a message (‘good news’) meant for the believer. Given this message, what is important is the content of revelation.” In […]
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