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Why did the church seek to silence Galileo?
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The church thought Galileo was speaking foolish to them.
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At the time, the church was very insistent in their belief that the earth was in the center of the universe (geocentric) when Galileo agreed with Copernicus that the sun is in the center of the universe. (heliocentric)
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