It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved. ~ Galileo

Galileo was a devout Christian, as well as an amazing scientist. He knew the tools and purposes for his faith, and his science, and he knew how to use each set of tools accordingly. He was considered a heretic by his own church, and was threatened with death of himself and family. He was put on house arrest for the remainder of his life, even after... See More being forced to rescend his great scientific work that the Earth did infact revolve around the sun instead of the Earth being the center of the universe. We are all created in his (God's) image, and it is amazing that he created us to be conscious, rational beings who can love and who can wonder and create. We were designed with our scientific minds for a reason, as holy and wonderful as the miracle of life itself. I am glad that 350 years later I can look to the heavens and know that we orbit the sun, still wonder at all there is, and thank God for all of it. I realate to this man because I am both a Christian, a philosopher, and a scientist. I wonder what things that I find non contradictory between science and faith, but the majority on either side find absurd to think, will be accepted as relavent 300 years from now.