"Religion is part of the human constitution. It is also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, texts, our first attempt at cosmology, to make sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, to believe in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy" --- Christopher Hitchens With the loud protests of. With a small number of religious groups opposing the teaching of scientific concepts like evolution and the Big Bang in public schools and equally vocal proclamations from a few scientists with personal, anti-religious philosophies, it can sometimes seem like science and religion are at war. The media provides extensive coverage of school board meetings, congressional sessions, and Sunday sermons in which scientists and religious leaders launch attacks on each other. But to what extent are these conflicts representative? Little. Attention to such clashes overlooks the far more numerous cases where science and religion coexist harmoniously. The fact is that there are a large number of Americans ...