1. GALILEO VS. CATHOLIC CHURCH
For example, when the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt, they knew that they were God's chosen people. ... For example, if one element of the Bible had been proven wrong, it seemed like it could only be a matter of time before someone else had the nerve to prove something else in the Bible wrong. ... In a letter that Galileo wrote to the Grand Duchess Christina, for example, he commented, "Showing a greater fondness for their own opinions than for truth they sought to deny and disprove the new things which, if they had cared to look for themselves, their own senses would have demonstrated...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate