Science And Religeon
Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa Italy in 1564. He was known for many discoveries and inventions but he is most famous for his studies of gravity and for examining the stars with his telescope. He discovered that the earth orbited around the sun. It had long been thought and taught that the earth was the center of the universe and that everything else orbited the earth. People were so unwilling to change their beliefs that Galileo was soon persecuted for his discoveries. Galileo was denounced by the Roman Catholic Church, which were the biggest supporters of the earth being the center of the universe. They had preached this for centuries and to say anything to the contrary was blasphemy. Galileo, being a stubborn man only flaunted his discoveries in the church’s face. His work was soon banned and he was placed under house arrest by the church. This sort of behavior by the church was common in those days. The church had the power to condemn anyone or anything that went against their moral word. Scientific work in these days was often looked at as perverse and unnatural. Galileo is probably lucky he wasn’t burned at the steak and called a witch or a devil. Luckily for us Galileo survived his o
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