Until about 1500 scientific thought held that earth was the center of the universe and therefore religion ruled all

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This thought was challenged by Copernicus who propose (based on his experiment ) that the Earth revolved around the sun . This of course challenge the traditional view of the church. But after that, more and more scientists have the courage to came out and challenge the traditional knowledge from religion

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