Galileo, a hero of the scientific revolution. Speaking out against the backwards catholic church which ignorantly cast aside the views of “new science”; he held steadfast and insisted for the triumph of reason and the scientific method. This is the anecdote you will find in most textbooks and it is constantly retold as a tale of science trouncing superstition. However, with further evidence it is prevalent that not only was the church right to sanction Galileo, but, Galileo was also in complete violation of what we now consider the scientific standard in regards to his heliocentric theory. Before I continue, I will like to address those in fandom of Galileo who may initially object, I ask all those in opposition to look into the historical evidence for themselves in contradiction of …show more content…
Galileo's heliocentric theory simply had many faults, so much so that I will now not only say he failed to meet scientific standard, but I will go further and say for much of his theory he failed to be scientific at all. In contrast to observed phenomena Galileo stubbornly asserted his stance on Earth's motion based on tides, however his theory would equate to there being only one tide per day which we all know to be false. However, he still went forward claiming it to be true and then was arrogant enough to deem it incontestable truth. Going so far as to write a book on tides, spouting obvious lies of the observed lie which was stopped by censors because he had no proof. If this was not bad enough he then scoffed at the work of another great scientist at the time, Johannes Kepler, not only discrediting Kepler’s idea of tides being caused by the moon, but referring to it as “useless