The disciplines of science and religion have always been at odds, as evidenced by Galileo’s letter to Her Grand Duchess Christina, and continue to be at odds today. During Galileo’s time, there were many aspects of the world yet to be understood and explored. For example, the rotation of the Earth and the alignment of the universe were very controversial topics during Galileo’s time, especially taking into consideration the conflict with other texts within the Bible. Here lies some of the initial conflict between science and religion. One of Galileo’s arguments against strict adherents to the Bible is, “I do not feel obligated to believe that that same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended to forgo their use and by some other means to give us the knowledge which we can attain by them” (183). Or, rather, why would God give us the faculties to observe and learn, but then provide us with all the answers without giving us the opportunities to utilize those faculties? In present day the debate between science and religion is still obvious. Controversial topics including abortion, stem cell research, and human experimentation all color the ethics argument, and how far science can go without crossing the moral boundaries dictated by religion. And, though progress has been made, the debate between science and religion does not appear to lessen in the future any more than it had in the past.