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What did people think before Isaac Newton discovered gravity?

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Before Isaac Newton discovered gravity, people believed what the Catholic Church was teaching. The Catholic Church was teaching people that everything revolved around the Earth - the geocentric theory, and that God was the one who was using His power to hold up the heavenly bodies.

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