Jerry A. Coyne Quotes
But The Real Reasons Why Scientists Promote Accommodationism Are More Self-serving. To A Large Extent, American Scientists Depend For Their Support On The American Public, Which Is Largely Religious, And On The U.S. Congress, Which Is Equally Religious. (It's A Given That It's Nearly Impossible For An Open Atheist To Be Elected To Congress, And At Election Time Candidates Vie With One Another To Parade Their Religious Belief.) Most Researchers Are Supported By Federal Grants From Agencies Like The National Science Foundation And The National Institutes Of Health, Whose Budgets Are Set Annually By Congress. To A Working Scientist, Such Grants Are A Lifeline, For Research Is Expensive, And If You Don't Do It You Could Lose Tenure, Promotions, Or Raises. Any Claim That Science Is Somehow In Conflict With Religion Might Lead To Cuts In The Science Budget, Or So Scientists Believe, Thus Endangering Their Professional Welfare.
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