Far from the concordist interpretations that sought to bring the truths of faith in line with scientific discoveries, Lemaître insisted that science and religion each had its own playing field. Of the primeval atom hypothesis, he said in this regard, “Such a theory remains entirely outside any metaphysical or religious question. It leaves the materialist free to deny any transcendental Being….For the believer, it removes any attempt to [achieve] familiarity with God. It is consonant with the wording of Isaiah speaking of the ‘Hidden God,’ hidden even in the beginning of creation.”[51]
