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1.Reasons for his beliefs include that even though the bible says we live in a geocentric universe, the bible is “often very complex” and may says thing that are not true. He also states that God gave us the power of curiosity and we should use it to our full extent.

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1. He justifies it by  saying that God has given us senses and reason and intellect he would want us to use them.
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1. That God would not give us intellect and curiosity if we were not to use it. Additionally, it would not make sense to take everything the bible says as unrivaled truth.
2. Because in many books of the Bible, it says the sun moves swiftly around the earth.
3. Some still debate over scientific hypotheses such as Darwin's Evolution which seems to deny the book of Genesis.

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1. Galileo justifies him self saying that the church might be interpreting the text of the bible incorrectly and says that if God gave us minds he would expect us to use them.

2. When Galileo claims that the Earth is not in fact the center of the universe, he opened up questions that the church did not want to have to answer. Bellarmine notes that when opening up these types of questions people must be cautious. He also says that Galileo's claims are heretical.

3. People use the bible for all kinds of little things but a big one is the big bang theory or other theories of how the universe came to be.

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1. He justifies himself saying that God gave him sense, and that he did not want to deny that.
2. The bible directly contradicts his theory.

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1. How does Galileo justify holding the belief that he did?
Galileo says  in the document that the bible is very complex. He asks why would God give us "senses, reason and intellect" if he did not intend for us to use them.
2. Why can the church not accept Galileo’s ideas that the sun is in the center of the universe?
The Church believes the Bible was given to show the answer and in the Bible in does not explain what Galileo is explaining.
*Do we have any similar controversies today? If so, which ones?

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Document A:
He justifies his belief by claiming that the Bible is complex, so it is still speaking the truth, and always will, but it is up to humans to use our God-given intellect to interpret it.
Document B:
If they accepted what Galileo believed then they would have to admit that they themselves were wrong and that they were wrong in their interpretation of the Bible. Additionally, people could start to believe Galileo's ideas were correct, and thus begin to question all that the Church and Bible said to be true.
Final Question:
A similar controversy today is the argument over abortion and what is ethically sound. Many "pro-lifers" use the Bible and their religion to explain their belie

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How does Galileo justify holding the belief that he did?
He says that it is an opinion that doesn't necessarily have to be accepted, but shouldn't be prosecuted. He believes that he is not trying to disprove the church, but he is actually fulfilling what God wants him to do: to be curious and find different ways to reason.
Why can the church not accept Galileo’s ideas that the sun is in the center of the universe?
The church believes that the Bible suggests that the earth is the center of the universe. They believe that if they allow anyone to contradict any of their beliefs, the bigger ones will also become questioned.

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How does Galileo justify holding the belief that he did?

He jusstifies his belief by explaining that the bible is complex.

Why can the church not accept Galileo’s ideas that the sun is in the center of the universe?

Because the church did not want to admit they were wrong. They more-so prefered to claim they did not understand the Scripture. The bible contradicted his theory.

Do we have any similar controversies today? If so, which ones?

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1. Galileo states that the God who created everything also gave each person senses to use and recognize what was going on in the universe. He also says, " He would not require us to
deny sense and reason in physical matters of direct experience." His intentions were probably to try and convince the church that God gave him senses to figure these things out.

2. A) The church can't accept this because they think that God put the earth in the center and that everything revolves arounf the Earth and that the sun is in the heavens and it orbits around us.
B) One of the similar arguments we have today are about the Earth being flat.

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1. He supports his beliefs by expressing his thoughts about if god is real or not. He also says that the bible never speaks untruth when facts are proven. He argues with the church's opinion against his.

2. The church can not accept his ideas about the sun in the center of the universe because they do not believe that is the truth. They also want to deny it because that would mean that earth is far away from heaven and god. Also, when he is in his argument, he talks about Abraham and Jacob and how many sons they had. He also did not believe in what the church believed in.

3. Yes, we do.

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He claims that the words of the Bible are not truly understood, and so you cannot truly err from it. So he justifies his beliefs based off that thought, that the words of the Bible aren't truly understood.

We do have many similar controversies for example there are still people out there that believe that the world is flat despite the great amounts of evidence to show that it is round.

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How does Galileo justify holding the belief that he did?
He says that god wanted us to be curious. He also says that the Bible is complex and claims that the Bible states that the sun moves and the earth stands still.
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Why can the church not accept Galileo’s ideas that the sun is in the center of the universe?
The church can not accept his ideas that the sun is the center of the universe because, they claim that nothing like that had been shown to him and that believing that would be contradicting the Bible and that would make you in a disagreement with God.

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How does Galileo justify holding the belief that he did?

He justifies he beliefs by saying that God would not have given us our senses so that we just wouldn"t use them. God intended for us to be curious. He also said that in the bible there are many loopholes and deeper meanings behind many of the passages.
Why can the church not accept Galileo’s ideas that the sun is in the center of the universe? Because it essentially would be contradicting the bible and that we would be in disagreement with god. And that if were in disagreement with God about this one thing then would be also disagreeing with everything else he has declared in the scripture.

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*Do we have any similar controversies today? If so, which ones?

*How does Galileo justify holding the belief that he did?

He does this by saying that God gave the people to wonder and be cerious. So therefore his theorys were "okay".

*Why can the church not accept Galileo’s ideas that the sun is in the center of the universe?
They said that scripture does not back up his theory so therefore it was not true. And even if Galigo was right, they would need to take a closer examination of the scripture

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Document A:
1.  He justifies/supports his belief by explaining that the Bible is complex, which means one person can easily change the meaning or misinterpret what the Bible is telling us.
Document B:
1.  They cannot accept his belief because they would have to explain that all of their teachings were incorrect or the Bible was not necessarily true. They supported it by saying all was the same in every book throughout the Bible, and they didn't want people to worship/follow Galileo rather than God.
2. Similar controversies today could be like Global Warming in our universe because it is something that has been believed to be taking place, but others do not want to accept it.

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1. An argument against him is that the Bible says the sun moves around the earth. He justifies his beliefs with an explanation that the Bible is complex, and that he does not believe that "the same God who has given senses, reason and intellect has intended us to not to use them."
2. Because it goes against what the leaders of the Church said, what the Bible claims (though this could be debated), and it could lead to further questioning.
3. Flat earth, the virgin birth, and the questioning of God himself.

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*How does Galileo justify holding the belief that he did?

Galileo justifies his belief by saying God intended us to be curious and have opinions that's why he gave them to us

Then, read Document B “Cardinal Bellarmine” (It is on page 9, so you have to scroll down a bit) and answer the following question:

*Why can the church not accept Galileo’s ideas that the sun is in the center of the universe?

The church can not accept Galileo's ideas because they see it has contradicting the Bible and God's words.

Lastly, answer the following question:

*Do we have any similar controversies today? If so, which ones?
We do have similar controversies today such as the controversy of living things on the planet Mars. Some people believe that there are living things on Mars and some people do not. It is hard to prove these wrongs because no one has reliable evidence, just like Galileo he one guy who has evidence, but had no one to support it. That is part of reasons people did not believe him like the church.