Can you see hubris in that ?
That’s kind of the point I was making, that the hubris, if you will, of Science started with Newton, not Darwin. Halley was accused of “irreligion” but he followed convention in these matters, at least. Of coursed Newton was very pious, but also very heterodox in his beliefs, not to say kooky.
By 1741, the Royal Society was a den of mockers led by an outspoken unbeliever, according to the account of one William Stukey, who stated that the Society president was “an errant infidel and loud scoffer.”