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Until the end of the Middle Ages there was no distinction between [[theology]] and [[science]]. Knowledge was deduced from self-evident principles received from [[God]] so science and theology were essentially the same thing. After the Middle Ages the increasingly [[Atheism|atheistic]] rejection of God by scientists<ref>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v394/n6691/full/394313a0.html</ref> led to the creation of secular science where there was no place for God in the pursuit of knowledge.

Until the end of the Middle Ages there was no distinction between [[theology]] and [[science]]. Knowledge was deduced from self-evident principles received from [[God]] so science and theology were essentially the same thing. After the Middle Ages the increasingly [[Atheism|atheistic]] rejection of God by scientists<ref>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v394/n6691/full/394313a0.html</ref> led to the creation of secular science where scientists will continue to search for a natural explanation for a phenomenon until they find one, instead of settling with a supernatural explanation.

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