Since the middle ages until the 18th centuri, religious ideology was the most accepted way of explaining the unexplained. During the next couple hundred years, many members of academia(a school of philosophy), using science to back them up, came up with new ways of dealing with the unanswerable questions. When the church had the greatest power, men and women of science were viewed as the "wicked guys." In most cases it was safer to believe in the church and their ideas, in order not to be excommunicated or shunned by society, than to place their trust in charlatan scientists. As a result, many conflicts arise between men of religion and men of science.

Religion has held the upper hand in ways of thinking about the unexplainable. It has been that way until the 18th century when revolutionary views on society were presented by great philosophers, such as Voltaire or Darwin. In all cases religious beliefs replace these new views. It was not until they had enough scientific evidence and popular support that they gain any recognition in a society dominated by religion. The men and women of science were considered the "bad guys," yet they continued to express their ideas until people took notice of them and realized that they may have some truth. These conflicts between religion and science are necessary if society wants to remain intellectually active.

eave any room for the arguments of science. The views in the Bible, especially on the subject of creation, had been the predominate way of thinking about how the Earth and humans were formed. Most religions, in the world, believe that God created Adam and Eve. For the most part of history, this what people believed. They had no notion of evolution or any of the ideas presented by scientist. This belief that God created man out of the dust of the earth and Eve from one of Adam's ribs, was the way that religion portrayed the formation of man. Until the idea of evolution came around, people believed their religion for lack of a better answer.

Even in today's society there are fundamental religious sects t

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