At one point or another the church would kill, imprison or otherwise destroy people who refused to believe:
The Earth was flat and square
Bathing is sinful and unhealthy
Jerusalem was the center of everything
The sun and stars are set in one of the layers (firmamant) of the sky
Forks are a sign of pride
The only way to tell if someone was a witch was to burn them
God, not unseen germs, cause sickness
The sun and stars evolved around the Earth
Heaven is in the sky, Hell beneath the Earth (the Earth rests on pillars above Hell)
The moon generates light, not reflects it from the sun
Mental illness is caused by possession by the Devil
Natural disasters are Gods way of punishing people (and innocent people just the same)
Women are lesser then and subservient to men
For that matter the church has attested, out of plain stubbornness, that the mustard seed is the smallest, that rabbits are ungulates, bats are birds, and on and on. Most of time religion fights with science it isn't even about doctrine, it's just about being right. And most of the time, religion is proven wrong.
So they just adjust their infallible beliefs to realign with what is now understood to be correct. The Earth is round, women are valuable members of the community, and orchids produce the worlds smallest seeds. They lost so much credibility pretending they know EVERYTHING instead of sticking with things in which they can't be proven wrong.
Personally, I worship the Center of the Universe in Tulsa as the sight from which all of the Universe was shat. I plan on writing a book to that effect - actually, Harry Potter cast a spell from (insert whatever land Harry Potter lives in) and caused the center of the
Universe to spew forth this reality. In 2,000 years we can debate on weather or not that idea will be taught in schools. [
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It's just as likely as any other religion is of being right. Creation myths are like internet opinions, everyone has one and mine is always right.