In model A, supermaterial entities such as God or the Devil may be active; in model B they are not.  Most educated people today would assume that there is a presumption in favor of model B.  In fact neither model is essentially more likely than the other.  Additionally, no empirical evidence can be summoned to refute Model A.

Science is by definition limited to the study of the physical qualities of space/time and its inhabitants; it cannot by definition deal with super material entities.  History by definition deals with the action of human beings, it cannot by definition deal with the activities of alleged supernatural entities.

The roles of science and history are equally stringent whether model A or B represent the truth.  Historical and scientific evidence point neither to one model nor the other.  Model A is as likely as model B, and it cannot be assumed that unique events or "miracles" that violate natural "laws" cannot occur.  Actually, much in human experience points toward model A, though this sort of experience cannot serve as scientific or historical "evidence" because history and science by definition do not discuss such things.



(The Prince of Darkness - Jeffrey Burton Russel)