The Galileo Affair: Historian Corrects Internet Atheists

Historian of Science, Thony Christie joins to me to respond to common myths about Galileo. Was he a martyr for science? Did the church threaten to torture Galileo for holding to Heliocentrism? Christie has spent his life studying the Galileo affair and is ready to set the record straight. Thony Christie's 52 series on Galileo and The Emergence of Modern Astronomy: https://thonyc.wordpress.com/the-emergence-of-modern-astronomy-a-complex-mosaic/ Thony Christie's prior interview with HistoryForAtheists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0m3AAziTiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Psk3FJBxc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qNfz5mqcBw