“Today is the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus [1473 – 1543]. The Polish astronomer dared to assert that the earth revolved around the sun, when the entire spirit of his time affirmed that the Earth was the centre of the universe.
What do you believe simply because you’ve been told – and what have you taken the care to investigate firsthand? What would you do if all your observations of the world contradicted what others had taught you all your life? Can nature itself give you the courage to believe what it tells you?”
From Earth Bound: Daily Meditations For All Seasons by Brian Nelson
Chorlton Unitarians 