If we consider that people once knew which angels pulled the planets or which deities caused floods, we can say that today, God has been relegated to the beginnings of the universe, and it is no coincidence that the Pope spoke about this.

Th. P., Con noi scienziati sta sbagliando, la Repubblica, 13 September 2006 (Response to the statement by Pope Benedict XVI that "without God, the accounts of man do not add up, and without him, the accounts of the world, of the entire universe, do not add up", Homily at the Islinger Feld in Regensburg, 12 September 2006).