Science and Religion - The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Since the 16th century, this growing separation between science and religion has led in the modern period to seem as if they're in conflict with one another. A watershed period is the Galileo affair; we moved from a earth-centric or heliocentric universe into a sun-centered universe. One of the major problems historically was actually scripture. The six days of creation were taken to be the order of creation as God intended it.