Photo by Stephan Widua on Unsplash One of the most famous examples of the conflict between religion and science was the situation with Galileo and the Catholic Church. In 1632, Galileo published a work that defended the heliocentric theory which said the earth revolves around the sun rather than the other way around. This was heresy according to the Church because in the Book of Joshua it says Joshua prayed to have the sun remain stationary in the sky to allow for more daylig