What would you do?

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What would you do?

• Would you deny something you know is true?

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Galileos motto might have been follow
knowledge wherever it leads us.
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Christian Arguments for a Geocentric Universe

• Biblical references Psalm 931, 9610, and 1
  Chronicles 1630 include text stating that "the
  world is firmly established, it cannot be moved.
• In the same manner, Psalm 1045 says, "the Lord
  set the earth on its foundations it can never be
  moved."
• Further, Ecclesiastes 15 states that "And the
  sun rises and sets and returns to its place"

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• Christian view of a Geocentric Universe

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• Galileo on Trial

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Copernicus Heliocentric Universe
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Galileos 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
  assertanything that might cause a similar
  suspicion toward me.
• Galileo Galilei, quoted in The Discoverers

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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.