Speaking Truth To Faith (Should We Even Bother?)

In an age when many in the religious right deny evolution, teach their children that Christian law supercedes scientific law, and persist in believing that dinosaurs and humans roamed the Earth together, should responsible science even try to engage the pious? The scientific community is sharply divided on the question, with some saying that science and religion needn’t be mutually exclusive, while others insist that any organized belief in God is a slap in the face of serious science.