How I Learned to Love Pseudoscience

[Spongebob]

To be fair, the church of Galileo's time were "skeptics" to what he said.

I suppose you could take that position since Galileo's hypothesis contradicted the accepted theory, but he did bring new evidence to the table via telescope.  Even so, it hardly justifies their reaction to his ideas.

Skepticism is not a bad thing; it's a healthy part of the scientific method and forces scientists to do the hard work.