This article provides thoughts on the Enlightenment by seventeenth and eigteenth centruy writers and the belief by a modern writer that the world is headed toward a dark period in history. The Age of Enlightenment has been described by scholars as a period of great intellectual awareness with emphasis on the experimental method in science. What has not been emphasized is that some leaders of the Enlightenment were creationists. Another fact brought out in the article is that a surprising number of modern day scientists are turning toward God, reversing a trend toward endarkenment.