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Why was the Church worried about Galileo re-interpreting the Bible?

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They are also scientifically unsound and blatantly inconsistent with his own science

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the church was worried about Galileo re-interpreting because his scriptural interpretations not only got him into hot water but they're also scientifically unsound and blatantly inconsistent with his own science, as the Bible basically says nothing about astronomy.

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