The True Daemon
Vicar_of_Sagacity
Emaleya
proving the existence of a god isn't in the realm of science, it's in the realm of philosophy and logic.
True enough.
but if we look in history the "religious" focus periods were rebuttles to the "philosophy and logic" periods... for the belief in god was from emotions not logic.
Philosophy today is a fairly broad subject with many specialized "fields" including theology and religion, but also now-a-days science and philosophy and logic have a much stronger hold then they used too. Religion has had to cope with this. During the times you speak of the church was fearful that its doctrine might be in jeopardy, so it was only natural for them to defend their ideologies.
Today however, while controversy still exists, the church can no longer burn those who disagree with them or pose a threat.