[marcosdumay]

Oh, the Galileo thing.

Politics is a complex thing where people don't mean what they say, and their meaning change depending on who are listening, how, why and when.

Heliocentrism was discovered by a joint-enterprise of two enemy churches, and only became heresy post-facto when some very good evidence arrived. But by then it seemed to really become heresy, and was punished by itself. Almost certainly the Galileo's posture was important for that, but the society's context was way more important.

Anyway, you won't get any good conclusion if you insist on analyzing the politicians arguments on logic or expect coherence.