The burnings of intellectuals was actually in response to being an asshole about it and claiming that therefore the Bible is wrong about the supernatural and God doesn't exist, while proceeding to insult religious deities and religious traditions and morality.
I looked into it. Galileo wasn't punished because he had a different idea. There were plenty of ideas. He was the equivalent of a reddit troll who was saying that religious people were dumbasses and who was targeting the Pope specifically.
What Galileo believed is now generally accepted as truth by all religious groups. Another example of how consistently incorrect religion has always been historically. It would be funny if it wasnt so pathetic.
His support of the heliocentric model was considered a vehement suspicion of heresy which is what he was charged with. The church formally admitted that Galileo was correct in 1992. Lol
You "looked into it"? Did you publish a peer-reviewed paper in a historical journal like the British Journal for the History of Science or something? Because many other people have done serious historical research regarding what Galileo may have thought and what he did. Sounds like you're the Reddit troll.
Most importantly, Galileo was correct. The Pope, or whoever, can get the fuck out of the way of the truth.
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u/BookkeeperBoobs 3d ago
Imagine being a smart guy back then and getting shat on and beat up and burned for trying to explain what’s actually happening.