at what he found and what his was told didn't match up. Galileo's main intent in this situations is that the bible was generally unclear in its writing. He thought that nature was easier to see God's work than trying to decipher the readings of the bible. In his letter to the Grand Duchess Christina, he elaborated this statement by quoting Tertullian, " 'We conclude that God is known first through Nature, and then again, more particularly, by doctrine; by Nature in His works, and by in His revealed word'"(Galileo 8). With this said it is clear that Galileo was never an anti-religious su
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