Once upon a time, the best minds of the human species believed that the planets were attached to crystal spheres.... Both in classic and in medieval times, it was prominently speculated that gods or angels propelled them, gave them a twirl every now and then. The Newtonian gravitational superstructure replaced angels with GMm/r2... as science advances, there seems to be less and less for God to do.

The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (2006)