The Debate Over Time Resistance From Ignorance And Fear

Life has its way of turning an individual’s attention to better understanding the overall course of life. One may experience different transitions, and turning points as well as particular life events and family experiences that may influence the developmental trajectories of life. The Moore Family- Ed, Jessica, Derrick, Terrance, Debbie and Barbara- all have stories that have unfolded over a period of time. One of the useful ways I will attempt to explain the Moore’s family stories, and the relationship between time and human behavior, is the life course perspective. The life course perspective maintains that chronological age, relationships, common life transitions, and social change shape people’s lives from birth to death (Hutchinson, 2013). Timing is very important.

During the seventeenth century, the scientific revolution in Europe was at its peak, changing people’s lives through the new techniques of the scientific method. Citizens of western civilizations had previously used religion as the lens through which they perceived their beliefs and customs in their communities. Before the scientific revolution, science and religion were intertwined, and people were taught to accept religious laws and doctrines without questioning; the Church was the ultimate authority on how the world worked. However, during this revolution, scientists were inspired to learn and understand the laws of the universe had created, a noble and controversial move toward truth seeking. The famous scientists of the time, such as Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo and Newton, were known to be natural philosophers, intending to reveal God’s mystery and understand (through proof) the majesty of God. Throughout previous centuries, people had hypothesized how the world and natural phenomenon may work, and new Protestant ideals demanded constant interrogation and examination. Nevertheless, some of these revelations went against the Church’s teachings and authority. If people believed the Church could be wrong, then they could question everything around them, as well. As a result, the introduction of the scientific method, a process by which scientists discovered and proved new theories, was revolutionary because it distinguished what could be proved as real from what was simply

Over time, many have realized that people have the power to change others, however some believe that people cannot and will not change. One side of this argument is that though people will be the same their whole life, and never change. On the contrary, people have been changed by others over time and throughout history. It is a fact of life that people have the power to change others through their actions, perspectives, and ability to persuade their point of view.

There will always be a battle between religion and science, it is a truth universally acknowledged. Galileo attempted to make the two compatible by suggesting that the truth can only be sought out if the notion under consideration can be accurately tested and if the opposing view can be founded as false. Galileo’s goes into depth about the truth of scripture and the sciences, intertwined with the reason of man, in his letter to Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of

Galileo felt that the common opinions of others should not satisfy another’s curiosity and others should not be made to believe the opinions of others. The church as well as others that interpreted or preached from the Bible distorted the information and Galileo thought that those who did this should not be allowed to speak or preach about it.

During the Scientific Revolution scientists such as Galileo, Copernicus, Descartes and Bacon wrestled with questions about God, human aptitude, and the possibilities of understanding the world. Eventually, the implications of the new scientific findings began to affect the way people thought and behaved throughout Europe. Society began to question the authority of traditional knowledge about the universe. This in turn, allowed them to question traditional views of the state and social order. No longer was the world constructed as the somewhat simple Ptolemaic Model suggested. The Earth for the first time became explicable and was no longer the center of the universe. Many beliefs that had been held for hundreds of years now proved to be

Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius, more commonly known as Starry Messenger, was published work of Galileo’s discoveries with his telescope. The view of the world at the time was that Earth was the center of everything, everyone believed in this geocentric theory and Galileo managed to throw that all away with his discoveries. Within his observations he was able to show that the earth was not the center of the universe, everything did not revolve around us. At the time this was a huge blow to everything that everyone believed. The views of the people at the time were based off of what the Church was feeding them. Galileo was not trying to attack the bible, he was even trying to compare his findings along with the Bible, but in doing so he was basically

The abilities to both create and disobey are important and advantageous qualities of humanity. Through our capacity to defy rules and routine, we can proudly say that we are human beings capable of making decisions and creating, rather than mindless drones forced to comply with the regulations set upon us. In fact, this country would not be our own had it not been for our own disobedience against the British monarchy in the 1700s. Our final decision to gain freedom from Britain sparked the creation of a new country with new laws, customs, and endless opportunities for improvement. In addition, many scientific discoveries would not have been made without a measure of disobedience. On multiple occasions, scientists and philosophers of the past argued against the accepted “facts” established by authorities, usually religious ones. Scientific discoveries have led to advancements and creations that help people whose lives depend on them. We now know more than ever about the world around us, and can create in order to protect it. If it were not for disobedience in the past, humanity would have just sat and complied, believing everything we were

Fisher believes people will resist change, afraid of what lies ahead and how it might affect them in a bad way. Fisher believes that this resistance to change is a perfectly normal reaction and people should not

In the history of the Catholic Church, no episode is so contested by so many viewpoints as the condemnation of Galileo. The Galileo case, for many, proves the Church abhors science, refuses to abandon outdated teachings, and is clearly not infallible. For staunch Catholics the episode is often a source of embarrassment and frustration. Either way it is undeniable that Galileo’s life sparked a definite change in scientific thought all across Europe and symbolised the struggle between science and the Catholic Church.

So many people believed and defended Galileo’s views but at the same time so many people especially religious, were strongly against his views and some wanted him dead for him spreading these ideas. The court trial was so difficult that they had to call in the Cardinal of the Catholic church, Robert Bellarmine and with his decision they would agree to keep Galileo on House Arrest until the date of his

The leading minds of science and literature were playing right into the hands of the common man at the most opportune time in history. The blind trust in religion was beginning to fade and the papal order was beginning to be shrouded in skepticism. Unquestioningly taking someone else’s word for what was true and acceptable was a thing of the past. The average individual was beginning to doubt the existence of an all-powerful God and turn his or her attention inward. The landscape of Europe and the world would forever be changed by these new revolutionary ideas and go on to influence the crusaders of the American and French Revolution.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Christian belief encountered significant opposition. Until then, most of the world shared the belief of the “Medieval world view” that not only was the earth positioned at the center of the universe, but that God was all knowing, all powerful and all good. God was thought to have created and sustained the wondrous workings of the universe. This belief told the people all they needed to know about the meaning and purpose of life. Then, scientific discovery and methods began to undermine religious beliefs. Scientists began to reveal that natural laws and natural forces governed the world. Opposing beliefs, e.g. the Marxism belief, criticized Christian views. People like, Bacon, Copernicus, Kepler,

There is one man in history who changed everything from the way we see everyday events in the world, and that man is Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin was a scientist who discovered the origin of life through a study on the Galapagos Islands. Before Darwin’s discovery, the world was looked upon as God’s playground where everything happened because of him. For example, if something bad happened to someone’s family like a disease it would be because they have angered God. Darwin lived during the dawn of reasoning and questioning. Men were now asking “how”, and “why”, instead of just accepting it as God’s will. Charles would pave the way of how science would be seen as today and for future generations of the world to come. He showed that humans were created by chance and would change the world looked at life forever. Charles Darwin had a significantly great impact on culture, writing, and religion by showing the world that we are no longer God’s gift, things happened through probability, and the bible is not a book history.

This example vividly displays how faith can cause an accretion to human development and innovation, if the findings of Galileo were ubiquitously accepted, then in the 21st Century, we would have been further down the line in the field of astrology.