Everyone else besides the faithful already knows that religion has nothing useful to say to science. - Jerry Coyne

It’s clear that this resistance stems largely from religion. You can find religions without creationism, but you never find creationism without religion.

But some of our moral behaviors, if not sentiments, almost certainly evolved. Evidence for that comes from finding parallels between the behavior of our own species and that of our relatives.

Why, exactly, are scientists supposed to accord “respect” to a bunch of ancient fables that are not only ludicrous on their face, but motivate so much opposition to science?