[CarolinaGuitarman]

"Coincidence?"

Yes.

"No, these beliefs were essential to Galileo's thought."

I asked for specifics from his theories where he either invoked supernatural causes or Divine Revelation as evidence. I take it you couldn't.

"If you insist on characterizing God's actions as supernatural causes, then understand my point that Galileo took for granted that God was the FIRST Cause and that HE had provided Galileo with the sand box he was allowed to play in."

Galileo believed that God created the world and the laws governing that world. He did not use supernatural causes as explanations in any of his theories though, and you have not been able to show that he has.

[RobbyS]

Can you give me an example of the use of "supernatural causes" as an explanation of physical events by ANY philosopher of the time? Cardinal Bellarmine, who was willing to give his theories a pass provided he did not claim certainty for them, seems not to have "got" just what Galileo was saying, but he certainly did not think that objects were moved by spirits.