Why was Galileo charged with hersey?

Answer 1

Galileo was charged with hersey because the Catholic church decided that the idea of the planets going around the Sun was preposterous, they declared that scientists must treat heliocentric thinking as a hypothesis only and not fact. As it turned out Galileo went against the grain and published many works that disputed those, he was told that he may not teach, write, or speak about his ideas as if they were fact, he continued through 2 more popes, eventually he was held on "trial" by the Roman Inquisition, he decided to plea to lesser chargers for less punishment. He was forced to write a document that says he pushed his ideas too hard and put under house arrest where he spent the rest of his days.

One of the greatest men in scientific history, and he wasn't allowed to continue doing work. Stephen Hawking forced to work at McDonalds... YAY RELIGION!