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by krapp 1267 days ago
No it didn't. The Church was not a scientific body. The basis for their beliefs was not the scientific method, but faith in a literal interpretation of Scripture. Actual international scientific consensus (meaning, the consensus of actual scientists) has never had anyone murdered, if for no other reason than "science" has no body equivalent to the Church empowered or capable to do so, but certainly not for proving a hypothesis.
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> Actual international scientific consensus (meaning, the consensus of actual scientists) has never had anyone murdered,

Scientific racism and the various eugenics movements say hello.