Re: The root of all evil? - Dawkins Documentary

Once upon a time a man was nearly burned at the stake for
saying the Earth was round,

I doubt this.

doubt that a man was nearly burned at the stake for saying the Earth
was round? well, it is not for you to doubt, it is an historical fact;
the man's name was Galileo, and he was brought to trial by the
inquisition, which as you may know practiced burning people at the
stake (or hanging them, or any other number of ways of killing people,
but it seems nitpicky to argue that any one form is more morally
acceptable than another)

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