History’s Intellectual Fallacies

GOD: VOICE OF HUMAN NATURE about things were based on mere speculation. Therefore, the pre-scientific age is called the age of superstition. The objection mentioned above is, in fact, a memento of this old age. This objection was born under the conditioning of superstitious ideas. In the ancient superstitious age, many such ideas that were unfounded in reality were prevalent. After the arrival of the scientific age, these ideas were disproven. For example, the ancient geocentric theory about the solar system has been disproven, and, in its place, the heliocentric theory has been accepted. Similarly, ancient alchemy ended after the advent of modern chemistry. Similarly, ancient astrology ended after the advent of modern astronomy. The objection about ‘Humanism’ is also of the same nature, and now it should undoubtedly end. Galileo was a 17th-century Italian scientist. He disagreed with the ancient Ptolemaic theory, stating that the Earth was not the centre of the solar system but rather a planet that continuously orbits the Sun. This theory was contrary to the beliefs of the Christian Church, which dominated Europe at the time. Consequently, Galileo was summoned to the Christian Court (Inquisition), and after a hearing, he was severely punished. Later, his sentence was reduced to house arrest. Galileo remained under house arrest for eight years until he became blind and died in 1642. The geocentric theory has now been proven wrong due to scientific research. Therefore, almost 400 years after this event, the Christian Church reconsidered its belief.