Copernicus and The Trial of Galileo

There are 2 theories of the solar system; the heliocentric theory and the geocentric theory. The geocentric theory, which was the first theory that people believed in, is the belief that the Earth is the center of the universe. The Christians believed in the geocentric theory. The reason why they believed in the theory is because they want to follow their religion. They believed that the other theories that scientists like Nicholas Copernicus made are pure nonsense.

The other theory is the heliocentric theory. This theory is the belief that the Sun is the center of the universe. It's the theory that came from the scientific method, and it's also the most accurate one. Scientists like Copernicus and Galileo believed in the theory. They also believed the fact that the geocentric theory is pure nonsense.

On April 12, 1633, Galileo went on trial and stood before 10 cardinals. He believed that the Earth revolves around the Sun. The Christians, however, believed that the Sun revolves around the Earth. According to Father Firenzuola, Galileo was not supposed to "neither hold, defend, nor teach [the Copernican] opinion in any way whatsoever." In the end, Galileo "claimed" his error, even though he knew that his facts are correct.
He only did that so they can lessen his sentence.

The Scientific Method

The scientific method is a method in which a person does multiple experiments to either prove or disprove a theory. It has been used by scientists from the past, like Galileo, and scientists today. It has also being used in science classes from schools all over the world. People like Galileo and Issac Newton proved many other people, like the ancient Greek scientist Aristotle, wrong by experimenting to disprove the theory. The scientific method is still used today.

One experiment that uses the scientific method is the theory that different weights fall at different speeds. Aristotle has this theory, along with other Greek scientists, that if you have an object that is heavier than the other object, it would fall at different speeds. Both Galileo and Newton proved him wrong by experimenting. Now, the theory that everyone believes is the fact that no matter how different the weight of the objects are, they will fall at the same time.

Evolution vs. Creation

Evolution is the belief that the world was evolved over time and that all living things have an ancestor. Ancient Greek philosophers and a man named Charles Darwin had believed in that theory. They also believed that humans also came from an ancestor. There is this process called natural selection, in which animals who don't develop new traits that can help them survive will eventually die out. Christians don't believe in that theory.

Christians believed in creationism. Creationism is the belief that God made the world, especially the humans. In fact, they believed that their ancestors are the first humans, Adam and Eve. They also believed that He made the universe in 7 days, according to the readings of Genesis. Scientists don't believe in that theory, saying that there is no proof that God exists.

If I had to choose what theory I believe in, it would be the theory of evolution. For 1 reason, I'm not very religious. Another reason is that there is proof that we evolved from an animal ancestor. After all, Darwin did provide the proof that living things today came from a single ancestor in the past.