[RobbyS]

The problem arose with Thomas Huxley and other Darwinist propogandists, who insisted on a doctrinate anti-supernaturalism. They were far more interested in natural selection as a philosophical concept than as a scientific tool. Dawkins is still pushing this line. In their intolerance, they remind me of the Aristotelans who brought Galileo to his knees. His sin was that he challenged the scientific establishment of his time. The Church simply served as the tool of an older paradign being challenged by revolutionaries.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"The problem arose with Thomas Huxley and other Darwinist propogandists, who insisted on a doctrinate anti-supernaturalism. They were far more interested in natural selection as a philosophical concept than as a scientific tool."

Huxley was at best lukewarm about natural selection. Natural selection didn't become a central part in most evolutionist's paradigm until the 1930's and 40's.

Anti-supernaturalism in has been a staple of science since Galileo and Newton.