Galileo
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What is the recycle thesis?
The modern origins debate is recycling of the Galileo affair, with different science in question. Evolutionary Biology instead of astronomy
Galileo’s Hermeneutics where way ahead of his time. What 3 principles were most central to his beliefs?
Message-Incident Principle Principle of Accommodation Incidental Ancient Science in Scripture
What was Nicholas Copernicus’ famous book called? What year was it published?
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres 1543
What did the book “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres” state?
• Written in Latin so not a popular book. And therefore, no public outcry • Heliocentricity was rarely taught openly during the 16th century • That the planets moved about the sun in spheres (no concept of gravity so they did not know about elliptical movement). It was believed all planets were held in by a firament.
What did Copernicus believe?
• That the planets moved about the sun in spheres (no concept of gravity so they did not know about elliptical movement). It was believed all planets were held in by a firament. • Thought Ptolemaic astronomy was too complexed and lacked beauty • Had a person factor (beauty) in science
When was the Telescope discovered? by who? How what?
1609 An unknown Dutchman A war method
What did Galileo use the telescope to prove?
That Aristotle is wrong in belief of Geocentricity • Moons were not a perfect sphere • There are moving spots on the sun • There are 4 moons of Jupiter • There are phases of Venus
What is Galileo’s most famous book? When was it published?
Dialogue on the Two Principal World Systems –Ptolemaic and Copernican 1632 • Uses dialogue style • Pope feels betrayed
Galileo did NOT believe science and religion were in a warfare relationship. What did he believe?
• Two Divine Book Model • Science is a gift from God • Science was a “very appropriate aid to the correct interpretation of Scripture”
Galileo was a Christian. What did he believe?
• The Trinitarian God of Christianity • The Bible was the Word of God • Natural Revelation & Intelligent Design • Divine Action –Personal Interventionism –Cosmological Providentialism in operations • A Scientific Concordist (thought bible affirmed Copernican Astronomy and the Firmament)
What professional hermeneutics did Galileo accept?
• Accommodation • Incidental Ancient Science in Scripture • Dual Authorial Intentionality in Scripture • Baconian Hermeneutics • Message–Incident Principle