Transcript What would you do?

What would you do?
Would you deny something you know is
true?
Galileo’s motto might have been “follow
knowledge wherever it leads us.”
Christian Arguments for a Geocentric
Universe
• 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 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.
Answer the following questions:
1. Can an Idea be dangerous?
2. Does modern scientific knowledge seem mostly harmful or
helpful?
3. Galileo faced persecution for teaching new ideas. Could this
happen today?
4. Describe a situation in which you lied but you believed you were
doing it for the “right” reason.