I want to know the answer to the following question:
What religions were English scientists in the 17th century?
All the background I'm provided with is that "The Merton Thesis has two separate parts: Firstly, it presents a theory that science changes due to an accumulation of observations and improvement in experimental technique and methodology; secondly, it puts forward the argument that the popularity of science in 17th-century England and the religious demography of the Royal Society (English scientists of that time were predominantly Puritans or other Protestants) can be explained by a correlation between Protestantism and the scientific values.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes