Originally posted by DB7 2.0
"ancient scriptures" is vague and groups a lot of completely different religions/beliefs together :down:
All of the Christian scriptures talked about an earth centered astronomy. Most people hated Copernicus because he pretty much made a statement that proved the scriptures wrong, and since the scriptures were thought to be the work of God he proved God wrong.
Edit: got Galileo and Copernicus mixed up

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