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Scientists of Faith

the Moon. Galileo, famous for his immense
contribution to science, believed that the
senses, the ability to talk and intelligence,
were granted to people by God, and that
they ought to be exercised in the best way
possible. He maintained that it was all
too obvious that Nature was
designed by God. He said that
nature was simply another book
written by God, and contended
that the truths of science and the
truths of faith cannot impugn one
another since God is the author of
Galileo Galilei
all truth. 86

The inside cover of
Galileo's Dialogue
Concerning the Two Chief
World Systems, which he
completed in 1629.

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