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He was tried for heresy. He was convicted for espousing beliefs contrary to the Church and sentenced to life in custody. Play whatever stupid games you want, but that is being convicted for heresy.

I've "oversold" his physical persecution? What the fuck does that mean? All I've done is point out the fact that he was confined to his home until his death because of his beliefs -- which sucks for him. I never said he was tortured. So please tell me how I oversold his physical persecution.

You are being ridiculous with this. I challenged your assertion that the scientific community was "harsher" on him than the Church in light of the fact that the Church tried, convicted, and punished him. I have a hard time seeing how his contemporaries were harder on him than that. You've provided nothing to support your notion other than the naked assertion that they lobbied for his death. If that were true, don't you think you could document it? Seriously.

The funniest part, though: You say I can't disprove the notion that Galileo's contemporaries pushed for his death. LOL. How could I possibly disprove that? It'd be like me saying garden gnomes stole President Lincoln's underwear. I can't document that it happened, but I'd like to see you link to a source saying it didn't.