WHEN.SCIENCE.AND.RELIGION.CLASH
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question.-.earth.orbits.sun.or.vice.versa?
Galileo's.proof, to.church, was.heresy
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to.its.superstition, Church.firmly.held
the.science.rebellion.had.to.be.quelled
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'recant.or.else.face.execution'
ordered.the.Roman.Inquisition
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Galileo.recanted; saved.his.life
but.quietly.stuck.to.his.belief
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when..placed.under.house.arrest
Galileo.muttered'and.yet.it.moves'
from.science, Church.had.no.more.rest
over.religion.science.won, by.jove!
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for.one.man, one.small.step, one.of.its.kind
a.giant.leap.for.all.of.mankind.*
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There has always been clash between Science and Religion! Time proved that Galileo was right though he was unnecessarily persecuted by the church! At times Church behaves as it is infallible. A judicious mixture of reason and faith is always advisable to fanatic adherence to religion! A poem with a solid truth for us to ponder. A sure 10