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Born in 1564, Galileo Galilei grew up in Pisa, Italy where he was a mathematics professor and questioned very much the base foundation surrounding Physics by making insightful observations. Throughout his successful life, he constructed a telescope and supported a worldview that would turn the whole world against him. The theory from which Galileo studied was the Copernican Theory, which supports a sun-centred solar system. (Biography.com Editors, 2015).For associating with Heliocentric, the Roman Church accused Galileo twice of heresy and wrote many scriptures that would contest Galileo’s findings. In 1604 Galileo, published, ‘The Operations of the Geometrical and Military Compass’, which stated many of his controversial findings and challenged the doctrine of Aristotle and the Catholic Roman Church. By doing so the Roman Church acted swiftly and summoned Galileo to Rome. The questioning from which the church ordered lasted from 1632 to 1633. Whilst Galileo was present, the church treated him with much respect but as time passed and Galileo did not submit, the church threatened with torture. Galileo did yield and was prosecuted to house arrest for many years. In Arcetri, Italy, 1642 Galileo passed away after publishing two more scriptures supporting his findings.

Although Galileo proved geocentricism and the Roman Church to be fabricated and essentially altered many worldviews of people he was in fact still faithful towards God but stated that heaven must be above the universe.

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Galileo was truly radical in the period which he lived, where the world was very much in a narrow-minded mindset. By taking further research into how the world was positioned he wasn’t afraid of what he would discover, even if it would change his own worldview and his faith. This is truly remarkable as the reason people don’t seek answers is because what they might discover will change their view on certain things and Galileo was brave enough to take this leap. Galileo’s findings affected many people around him, many people lost faith and changed their worldview. I don't believe Galileo’s intention was to change people’s worldview but essentially find out the truth that had been buried by the Roman Church for many years. Galileo very much, was against the world at a point in time. By doing so he would have been ridiculed and not listened to and this would have greatly affected him as he would not have received any support. Never did Galileo enforce his theory through violence or manipulation instead he wrote many novels that supported his worldview but was an option for people to read. (Van Helden, A 2016) Instead of forcing upon a rule that everyone must follow, Galileo tried to show an understanding and compromise that God is in fact still present but just in another sense. By doing so he risked his status within the community as many people would have looked down upon him and lost respect for him as a person. Not only respect was jeopardised but his safety within the Roman Church as well, despite threated with torture Galileo stood strong by what he believed.

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Galileo’s culture at the time, was highly focused towards God and the influence on which the Roman Church had. As the worldviews of the people (especially Christians) it was challenging for anyone to make a radical change without being frowned upon. For Galileo to make such a drastic change, it was quite an achievement but at the same time he would have questioned his faith, on numerous occasions. His worldview would include the values of the bible but still the lust for new or modern answers to what was unspoken. Curiosity in his culture would not have been common as this would have been a threatening concept. Galileo would contest against his own faith, quoting the bible, Job 9: 7 – “who commands the sun, and it does not rise.”  1 Chron. 16:30 – “yea, the world stands firm, never to be moved.” (Salza, J 2007) (This and many other passages say very plainly that the earth does not move, therefore supporting Geocentricism. Galileo would have had many similar aspects of his worldview compared to other Christians and good Samaritans, but he was just open to new concepts, he was intrigued by the truth and how far he could test his own faith. It is understandable that many people saw Galileo’s work to be corrupted and evil, only to try and disrespect God’s work. People follow a routine and system from which they feel comfortable. Once an aspect of that is altered, people act out in a defensive and rash reaction; the Roman Church.  So, Galileo knew what his findings would entail but he proceeded despite everyone telling him that he was wrong. This is an astounding example of risking everything he lived for; his faith, but still being able to adapt to the new worldview rather than turning it away and reacting without pure ignorance.

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The most inspiring aspect of Galileo was that his ability to stay strong to what he believed in. Even though he was ridiculed for the way his aspired to find truth he never stopped searching. He wasn’t afraid to question the unknown, he kept on asking for the truth even if it put him in an unsafe position.

Galileo did question my worldview as even though he proved God’s position on earth a myth, he still stayed faithful. This confuses me as my worldview is very much based on fact and when something is disproved I would change my worldview as I couldn’t follow what I could not trust. What I could essentially learn from Galileo’s worldview is that if I have a strong opinion of a certain topic and it is disproved by others, I should not feel pressured into changing it. Although this shows how Galileo’s worldview was adapted and he could share his opinion but not intentionally weaken others faith around him.

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• Van Helden, A 2016,  'Galileo Biography ', Encyclopaedia Britannica,  Accessed 11th April  2017, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galileo-Galilei

• 'Galileo Biography ', The Biography.com website,  2015,  Accessed: 11th April  2017, http://http://www.biography.com/people/galileo-9305220

• Salza, J 2007,  'GEOCENTRISM', Scripture Catholic,  Accessed 11th April  2017, http://www.scripturecatholic.com/geocentrism.html