No. He was a reasonable scientist who did some theology on the side that got him into trouble.
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Galileo was not a moral relativist; he believed in objective truths and tried to reconcile his scientific findings with his faith in God. While he did face opposition from the Catholic Church due to his findings, he did not reject God or his faith.
the church rejected the theory and tried to punish scientists for promoting it.
Galileo got into trouble with the Catholic Church, specifically with the Roman Inquisition. They accused him of promoting the heliocentric theory proposed by Copernicus, which challenged the geocentric view of the Church. Galileo's ideas were viewed as heretical and he was forced to recant his views under threat of imprisonment.
the church rejected the theory and tried to punish scientists for promoting it.
Galileo challenged church teachings by saying that the heliocentric model of the universe was trueThe Catholic Church charged him with heresy. Due to his support of the heliocentric or sun centered theory. Which directly opposed the Church accepted theory that the sun and planets revolved around the earth.
The Catholic Church, and more specifically the Church in Rome, never tried to murder Galileo. Galileo was a personal friend of the Pope, at that time, and, although he was tried for heresy, and told to stop teaching his theory as fact, as he had no proof, he was certainly never murdered.