User talk:Randcentral

Dear Randcentral, I reverted your recent good-faith edits to Pope Benedict XVI. It is true that Ratzinger quoted Feyerabend making that remark, but that should not be taken as approval, although that is certainly how many have taken them, apparently without reading them. If you would like to read the actual remarks then-Cardinal Ratzinger made on that occasion, you can find them here. One thing to realize about Ratzinger's speech and writing style is that he is professorial, and quotes people from a wide range of opinions, without such a quote necessarily signifying approval -- in fact, often times, they are quoted to provide a thesis to refute! For example, in his encyclical Deus Caritas Est, he semi-sympathetically quotes Julian the Apostate and Nietzsche, neither of whom could be mistaken as giving the Catholic party line. I would be happy if the article mentioned the 1990 Galileo remarks, but with sufficient qualifiers such that the quote is not interpreted as strict approval. Regards, Mlouns (talk) 05:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)