Thereafter, his condition finally took a clear turn for the better. In modern Western civilization, science and religion have clashed time and again. Science's stress on objectivity and practicality has suppressed belief in religious mysteries for which no scientific proof is available.
在西方的現代文明發展史上，科學曾和宗教數度交鋒，科學的嚴謹客觀、實事求是，顯然壓倒了「拿不出證據來」的各種宗教奧秘。