claim: Skeptics who oppose scientific findings that threaten their world view are far closer to Galileo's belief-based critics in the Catholic Church.
evidences.evidence_id: Creationism:233
evidences.article: Creationism
evidences.evidence: Several religious organizations, among them the Catholic Church, hold that their faith does not conflict with the scientific consensus regarding evolution.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Creation–evolution controversy:244
evidences.article: Creation–evolution controversy
evidences.evidence: Many creationists strongly oppose certain scientific theories in a number of ways, including opposition to specific applications of scientific processes, accusations of bias within the scientific community, and claims that discussions within the scientific community reveal or imply a crisis.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Galileo affair:12
evidences.article: Galileo affair
evidences.evidence: Galileo's contributions caused difficulties for theologians and natural philosophers of the time, as they contradicted scientific and philosophical ideas based on those of Aristotle and Ptolemy and closely associated with the Catholic Church.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Galileo affair:4
evidences.article: Galileo affair
evidences.evidence: Galileo's discoveries were met with opposition within the Catholic Church, and in 1616 the Inquisition declared heliocentrism to be "formally heretical."
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Science and the Catholic Church:24
evidences.article: Science and the Catholic Church
evidences.evidence: An alternative criticism is that the Church opposed particular scientific discoveries that it felt challenged its authority and power – particularly through the Reformation and on through the Enlightenment.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO