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I don't think the study's finding mean what they think they mean. Of course evangelicals are going to believe that "science and religion can work together and support one another," it advances their agenda. And seeing that "believers" out-number nons, the numbers would reflect this skewing, "27 percent of Americans believe that there’s a conflict between science and religion."

As one commenter points out, "I’m not clear on how “scientist” is defined in this study. Many engineers, for example, claim to be scientists and yet understand very little about scientific methods of investigation. The Creationist ranks are full of such “scientists” who support utterly discredited ideas like “Intelligent Design”. Similar work has repeatedly show that non-belief is MUCH more prevalent among those with bona fide scientific training. I’m entirely unconvinced in the validity of the conclusions reached in the study described."

This commenter is quite correct in that assessment, according to AIG, "Many secular and atheist groups mock Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum for not being scientific. However, some of the most influential scientists past and present have been and are creationists,,,"

Here is a listing of some of the "scientists" that AIG likes to tout: Geologist, Physiologist, History of Geology, Architectural Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Biomedical Researcher, Philosopher, Linguistics, Educator, Forensic Physicist, Chemistry, Food Science, Physics, Engineer

The supposed rift between science and religion has led to the commonly held view that Christians overtly dismiss the sciences. But a new study released by Rice University actually finds that evangelicals are more likely than the general public to believe that science and faith can work together.

Sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund recently conducted the study, titled, “Religious Understandings of Science,” which found that only 38 percent of the general public believes that “science and religion can work in collaboration.”

That said, the proportion of evangelicals was even higher.

We found that nearly 50 percent of evangelicals believe that science and religion can work together and support one another,” she said in a press release announcing the results

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These findings are surprising, especially considering the oft-touted narrative that science and religion are incompatible. Consider the most recent coverage surrounding “science guy” Bill Nye’s debate with creationist Ken Ham. Much of it was centered on the differences inherent in Nye’s and Ham’s radically divergent belief systems.

Ecklund said that the media generally only present the two sides at odds with each other, which she believes leads to stereotyping and “not very good information.”

Not surprisingly, the study found that 27 percent of Americans believe that there’s a conflict between science and religion. But the sociologist believes that these new-found results will actually help change the notion that science and religion are at ideological odds.

“This is a hopeful message for science policymakers and educators, because the two groups don’t have to approach religion with an attitude of combat,” the researcher said. “Rather, they should approach it with collaboration in mind.”

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