I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

Topics: Doubt & Hard Questions, Wisdom & Understanding

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) war ein italienischer Mathematiker, Physiker und Astronom, der in Pisa, Padua und Florenz wirkte. Er begründete wesentliche Methoden der modernen empirischen Naturwissenschaft und geriet durch seine Verteidigung des heliozentrischen Weltbilds in Konflikt mit der römischen Inquisition, die ihn 1633 wegen des Verdachts der Häresie verurteilte. Für Bibelleser veranschaulicht sein Wirken, dass Naturerforschung und christlicher Glaube vereinbar sind und biblische Texte nicht als naturwissenschaftliche Abhandlungen verstanden werden sollten.

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