Puritans vs. Rationalists

The main difference between a Puritan and a Rationalist is their beliefs. Puritans believe that mortals had no business trying to find out the mysteries of the world. They believed that we were put here and that was it, that everything else was God’s business. The Rationalists, however, believed that God put us here for a reason and that he gave us our brains for a reason. They believed that the mysteries of the world were supposed to be solved and that God put humans on this earth to solve the mysteries.
The main argument today between sience and religion is the theory of evolution. In a way, the creationists or the religious folk are the Puritans. They believe that evolution is false and should be left alone because God put us on this earth and by coming up with evolution they are crossing the line. They think that it is God's will and that it should not be questioned. On the other hand, we have the sientists who are looked at as the Rationalists. This is because they have shown reason that evolution is true. They say that we have evolved from other species acording to our genes.