> The combination of their axiomatic belief in a mechanistic universe and the limited observations they could make with the naked eye conspired to keep them fro

> The combination of their axiomatic belief in a mechanistic universe and the limited observations they could make with the naked eye conspired to keep them from a better model. A mechanistic view of the universe, taken up later by Christianity, is what allowed science (in the modern sense) to be created. Contrast it with a worldview in which phenomena occurred because of the will(s) of deity(s). * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism_(philosophy)#Providing_assumptions_required_for_science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism_(philosophy)#Provid... Things have causes with-in themselves. If you deny secondary causation you tend to fall into Occasionalism. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_causation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_causation * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occasionalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occasionalism