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Topic: Famous Scientists and Their Beliefs
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Welcome to our new Philosophy and Religion Ray – Famous Scientists and Their Beliefs, which explores not only the amazing advances in science made by a few individuals, but the difficulties they had in spreading their knowledge at a time when the powerful established church (the Church of England in our country) held that their own particular translation of the Bible and their beliefs about the stars and planets could not and should not be questioned.
The scientists did not set out to attack the church, merely to search for the truth, but the ideas their discoveries led them to caused them to be seen as ‘heretics’.
Since dissenters were not allowed to hold public office or to go to university, they were sometimes forced to conceal their opinions.
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