1. GALILEO VS. CATHOLIC CHURCH
For thousands of years, all Europeans knew that the earth was flat and that there was nothing that lie beyond the Atlantic Ocean. On February 15, 1564, the day that Galileo Galilei was born, everyone in Europe knew that the earth was the stationary center of the universe. ... "* The way that the Church saw it, this Bible verse clearly affirmiated the sun's motion around the earth, in addition to making Galileo a bonified heretic. ... Indeed, Galileo's suggestion in this footnote that the earth-centered view of the universe may someday be considered heretical only provides further...
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