These scientists prove them wrong!

• Roger Bacon (c. 1214-1294) – Franciscan friar, mathematician, early advocate of the scientific method.
• Nicole Oresme (c.1320-1382) – French bishop, economist, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, theologian; theorized the diurnal rotation of the earth.
• Jean Buridan (c.1300 - c. 1363) – French priest; developed the theory of impetus, closely related to the modern concept of momentum.
• Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) – Italian astronomer, devout Catholic; called the "Father of modern science", "Father of modern astronomy" and "Father of modern observational astronomy".
• Marin Mersenne (1588-1648) – Jesuit priest, philosopher, mathematician, music theorist; called the "Father of acoustics".
• Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) – German scholar, scientist, devout Catholic; called the "Father of mineralogy".
• Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) – French chemist, biologist, devout Catholic; called the "Father of modern chemistry".
• Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich (1711-1787) – Jesuit priest, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian; made many contributions to modern atomic theory and astronomy; discovered the absence of atmosphere on the Moon.
• Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) – anatomist, physician; devout Catholic; called the "Father of modern human anatomy"—a title shared with fellow-Catholic anatomist Mondino de Liuzzi.
• Nicolas Steno (1638-1686) – Bishop, scientist, pioneer in anatomy and geology; called the "Father of geology" and "Father of stratigraphy".
• Athanasius Kircher (c.1601-1680) – Jesuit priest, scholar, polymath; invented the magnetic clock, various automatons and the first megaphone; one of the first to observe microbes through a microscope; called the "Founder of Egyptology".
• Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) – French chemist, microbiologist, devout Catholic; made discoveries in the fields of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization; called the "Father of bacteriology".
• Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) – Augustinian friar and scientist; formulated the laws of Mendelian inheritance; called the "Father of genetics".
• René Descartes (1596-1650) – French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, devout Catholic; called the "Father of modern philosophy" and "Father of analytic geometry".
• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) – Canon lawyer, mathematician, astronomer; devout Catholic; formulated theories in cosmology; triggered the Copernican Revolution; called the "Father of modern astronomy" together with Galileo.
• Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) – Italian inventor, electrical engineer, devout Catholic; invented radio transmission; developed Marconi's law and the radio telegraph system; called the "Father of radio" and "Father of wireless transmission".