The relationship p bet ween science and religion has often been a turbulent one. Historically , scientists have scorned the advent of religious ideas seeing them as in conflict with rational thinking . Much of this prejudice has stemmed from opposition by religious authorities t o new scientific discoveries i n t he past . Christendom in particular displays a history of confront at ions bet ween t he Church and scientists. This conflicting situation made the Bible subject to adulteration. The European Bishops mutilated i t s teaching s, changed i t s concept and beliefs and added philosophy t o i t . Scientific errors were also assort ed in i t . The Christian followers adopted that belief as their own, which in fact was not theirs but was an out come of t he wrong concepts added by the priests. When t he scientist s, after having researched, raised voice against such wrong concepts, the priests started thinking that the scientists were negating religion as against science. S o they started giving the verdict of infidelity against such scientists. Scientists were tortured and tormented. Countless scientists were buried alive as a result of their prejudiced laws. In the Sixteenth century the Polish philosopher Copernicus came t o know of t he Heliocentric Hypothesis, that the earth and other planets revolved around the sun, but was frightened to publish his findings for fear of Papal disapproval. However, i t was Copernicus’s successor Galileo who suffered t he full force of t he Church’sdisapproval. When he published hi s work “T he Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems”, a masterful piece agreeing wit h the Copernican theory , Galileo was brought to trial by the Inquisition in Rome i n 1632. He died in prison. These actions laid the foundations of a continuous struggle between scientific discoveries and church authorities. During the Renaissance period scientists inevitably took their revenge, which is still evident today .
