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Related: About this forumWho said this?
My money's on Copernicus. I'm sure it was an astronomer.
"When confronted with facts or church teachings, I go with the facts."
That's the quote as I remember it. It's probably worded differently. Google doesn't deliver.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)"Eppur se muova."
longship
(40,416 posts)The trouble with these quotations is that they often fail in translation.
I confess that I am drawing a blank here. Just a suggestion.
NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)...
The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow of the earth on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.
https://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/misquote-of-the-moment-magellan-didnt-say-it-but-its-still-brilliant-shadow-on-the-moon/
Misquote of the moment: Magellan didnt say it, but its still brilliant, shadow on the Moon
This quotation is often found on the internet attributed to Magellan, but never with a source, and no English occurrence prior to its use by Robert Green Ingersoll in his essay Individuality (1873) has been located. Thus, it it most likely spurious. In that essay Ingersoll states:It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions, some one who had the grandeur to say his say. I believe it was Magellan who said, The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church. On the prow of his ship were disobedience, defiance, scorn, and success.
Where did Ingersoll get that thought? Wouldnt he claim it as his own, had he invented it?
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)I'm sure the quote came about concerning how astronomical data only made sense when applying it to a sun centric system.
I heard that Magellan quote just recently, only not from him. Being old means I can't even place recent memories.
NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)...dig something up during my lunch break.
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Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)I've tried googling quotes by Coernicus, Galileo, and Kepler.
In the past few years I have read some historical fiction as well as non-fiction about scientists. The quote may be poetic license.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)That's the only result from the phrase in quotes.
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)Obviously I have reworded it so completely that Google can't find the real quote. If no one can find the original in 24 hours, then I will claim credit for saying it.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)There are a number of hits for "I go with the facts" but none of them have any religious content.
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)"go with" seems too modern for those old astronomers.