People were afraid to believe Copernicus's ideas because they challenged the long-held geocentric model, which placed Earth at the center of the universe, a view that was supported by religious doctrine and widely accepted by society. They feared that accepting the heliocentric model, which posited that the Earth orbits the Sun, would undermine their understanding of the cosmos and contradict biblical teachings. Additionally, the lack of observable evidence at the time made it difficult for many to accept such a radical shift in thinking.
Because they felt it contradicted and called into question the literal truth of the Bible.
Ptolemy thought that the Earth was the center of solar system and most people believed this theory. But Copernicus thought that the Sun was the center of solar system and most people didn't believed this theory. Who was right? Copernicus was right because later Galileo prove that if the Earth was at the center then he couldn't see the phases of Venus. Sentences for heliocentric. Galileo proved that the Copernicus's theory which was heliocentric was right.
At that time, many people believed that the world was flat. Some still do.
The ruling thought of how the solar system was put together had for several hundred years had the Earth in the middle. Then came the heliocentric theory and put the Sun - not the Earth - in the middle. This annoyed the Church, which thought that humans - the finest of God's Creations - should be in the middle.
Nicolaus Copernicus's heliocentric theory, which posited that the Earth orbits the Sun, was shocking to people in the 1500s because it contradicted the long-held geocentric view endorsed by the Church, which placed the Earth at the center of the universe. This challenge to established beliefs not only threatened the theological understanding of humanity's place in the cosmos but also undermined the authority of the Church. Additionally, the geocentric model was deeply ingrained in the cultural and scientific thought of the time, making Copernicus's ideas revolutionary and controversial.
the ideas would prove all knowledge to be wrong
Because they felt it contradicted and called into question the literal truth of the Bible.
no people did not belive that Copernicus model was correct. he thought that the moon revolves (turns) around the earth and the people thought something else (don't know sorry)
Part of why the Copernican revolution was so important is because it changed how people viewed the word. Before Copernicus, they believed in Ptolemy, who thought that the earth was flat.
People didnt believeCcopernicus because he had no scientific evidence until after he was dead and Galileo came along later.
Because people thought the titanic was unsinkable
that the earth was the center of the universe and that the earth wAS FLAT
Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to declare that the world revolved around the sun. Before that time, people thought that Earth was the center of the universe.
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No they thought because he couldn't explain how it worked people thought he was lying and just wanted to make some money.
because they thought they could feel the earth move !
Because they did not think his work was true