Danes feel Obama is greater than Jesus

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Galileo?

He was charged with Heresy at age 69 after the bulk of his life's work was already accomplished. He began his professional work at age 25. Galileo is often brought up as an example of how the church is anti-science. Often, they are, but in this case there are extenuating circumstances.

<blockquote>"Unfortunately for his relationship with the Pope, Galileo put the words of Urban VIII into the mouth of Simplicio. Most historians agree Galileo did not act out of malice and felt blindsided by the reaction to his book. However, the Pope did not take the suspected public ridicule lightly, nor the Copernican advocacy. Galileo had alienated one of his biggest and most powerful supporters, the Pope, and was called to Rome to defend his writings." -- Wikipedia</blockquote>

Simplicio also means simpleton in Italian, so in essence, Galileo accidentally shot himself in the foot politically.