In the beginning Man created god.

He then set out to try and understand the world around him. Lo! He said, I shall call this process science. And he saw that it was good. (Apart from the bits where he noted his science was capable of doing his bidding, then he remembered his other toy god, and thought, "They are both useful for the same end. No wonder I get confused.."

You could go on for hours, but why bother.....