Man became scientific because they expected law in nature, and they expected law in nature because they believed in the Law Giver. God is not the same kind of explanation as a scientific explanation. God does not compete. Agency does not compete with mechanism and law. Ultimate reality is personable and intelligent, and the reason science works is that the creation that exist and the human mind that does the science are ultimately the product of the same intelligent, divine mind. Human beings are made in the image of God, and that means science can be done.