Post on 31-Dec-2015
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What would you do?Would you deny something you know is
true?
Galileo’s motto might have been “follow knowledge wherever it leads us.”
• Biblical references Psalm 93:1, 96:10, and 1 Chronicles 16:30 include text stating that "the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved.“
• In the same manner, Psalm 104:5 says, "the Lord set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved."
• Further, Ecclesiastes 1:5 states that "And the sun rises and sets and returns to its place"
Christian Arguments for a Geocentric Universe
Christian view of a Geocentric Universe
“Galileo on Trial”
Copernicus’ Heliocentric Universe
Galileo’s response to the Inquisition:
• A VOICE FROM THE PAST• With sincere heart and unpretended faith I abjure,
curse, and detest the aforesaid errors and heresies (of Copernicus) and also every other error …contrary to the Holy Church, and I swear that in the future I will never again say or assert…anything that might cause a similar suspicion toward me.
• Galileo Galilei, quoted in The Discoverers
Assignment On a piece of paper you will write a “Talk Back” to Galileo. You will
have at least 3 paragraphs. 1. Tell Galileo what you think of the way he handled this situation. Do
you agree with him? Why or why not?2. Come up with at least 5 questions that you would have asked the
church OR Galileo about this trial. 3. Tell Galileo how you would have handled this situation. 4. Answer the following questions:Can an Idea be dangerous?Does modern scientific knowledge seem mostly harmful or helpful?Galileo faced persecution for teaching new ideas. Could this happen
today? Describe a situation in which you lied but you believed you were doing
it for the “right” reason.