traced directly to human opinions about the Christian faith, codified and formalized in the various creeds. He sought, therefore, to eliminate the defining importance of opinions in religion. He was most impressed in this regard with the unanimity in the scientific community, which he believed was a result of that community's determination to focus on hard, indisputable facts rather than on opinions or theories. If focusing on ‘‘facts’’ could bring unanimity to the world of science, he reasoned, why