Science... or SATANISM!?!?

The New York Times prints an incredibly lazy, embarrassingly ill-informed article on creationism. And how hordes of mad scientists-- well, okay, one outspoken guy-- are persecuting white Christian men in America. Just like they said at Justice Sunday! And Justice Sunday II!

At a recent scientific conference at City College of New York, a student in the audience rose to ask the panelists an unexpected question: "Can you be a good scientist and believe in God?"

Reaction from one of the panelists, all Nobel laureates, was quick and sharp. "No!" declared Herbert A. Hauptman, who shared the chemistry prize in 1985 for his work on the structure of crystals.

Belief in the supernatural, especially belief in God, is not only incompatible with good science, Dr. Hauptman declared, "this kind of belief is damaging to the well-being of the human race."

But disdain for religion is far from universal among scientists. And today, as religious groups challenge scientists in arenas as various as evolution in the classroom, AIDS prevention and stem cell research, scientists who embrace religion are beginning to speak out about their faith.

Wow. It takes such courage to argue that the earth is 6,000 years old, fossils are one of Satan's dirty tricks, kissing before marriage gives you AIDS, and a microscopic wad of cells is an American citizen.