Well, science came a long way in general. There were a number of objections to Galileo's ideas that were not religiously motivated. See The Great Ptolemaic Sma

Well, science came a long way in general. There were a number of objections to Galileo's ideas that were not religiously motivated. See The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown, in 9 parts, a must read! Part 1: http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-great-ptolemaic-smackdown.html http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-great-ptolemaic-smac... Part 2: http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-down-for.html http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-great-ptolemaic-smac... Part 3: http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-great.html http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-great-ptolemaic-smac... Part 4: http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-down-n.html http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-great-ptolemaic-smac... Part 5: http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-heres-mud.html http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-great-ptolemaic-smac... Part 6: http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/6-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-comet.html http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/6-great-ptolemaic-smackd... Part 7: http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/7-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-time-and_29.html http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/7-great-ptolemaic-smackd... Part 8: http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/10/8-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-trial-and.html http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/10/8-great-ptolemaic-smackd... Part 9: http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/10/9-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-from.html http://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/10/9-great-ptolemaic-smackd...