The mid 1700's to the early 1800's saw the invention of modern technologies like the steam engine and the cotton gin because of the rising world population and subsequent higher demand of goods and services and even atheism became the order of the day. However, not all nations, especially Russia was open to these new ideas that seemed to spread so rapidly in Western Europe. Many philosophers and thinkers from both Western and Eastern Europe reflected their contrasting thoughts as to what they believed made up their perspective of a perfect life and scrutinized various spheres of life like politics, culture and religion. In his Origin of Species, Charles Darwin clearly stated his unbelief in the existence of God, attributing all he knows to the powers of observation. Even biologist, Herbert Spencer proposed the thought that Religion has some eternal facts but science is an advanced development, which is well above the common sense. Russian philosopher, Fyodor Dostoyevsky also expressed his views concerning these "atheists." In his novel The Idiot, Dostoyevsky explained that true satisfaction cannot come human knowledge but from someone whose ways are unsearchable to men. He even went further to criticize the Roman Catholic Church, accusing them as the author and cause of atheism in the modern world. He clearly believed that the attempt to interweave Christianity with politics by the pope and exploitation of people for money by the Catholic Church was the major cause of people drifting from the faith. Leo Tolstoy was also an orthodox Christian and political thinker who reflected his views about science and its applications. In his book War and Peace, he clearly stated that just as religion was supreme centuries ago, science had also become that supreme body which could not be questioned. He also believed that man should be governed by their conscience not based on survival of the fittest, as proposed by Darwin. It is the state on mind of