According to Gilchrist, "to say that God selects this or that man as ruler is contrary to experience and commonsense". Most modern political scientists believe that it is too much to believe that God decided to create the state after thinking about it. The theory is considered as dangerous, as it allowed monarchs to have unlimited power. According to Bluntschili, a statesman may "tempt God and shirk responsibility". As the theory of evolution, and the social contract theory became more popular, the theory of the divine origin of the state eventually died out.