Religion is based on dogma and belief, whereas science is based on doubt and questioning.

These mysteries about how we evolved should not distract us from the indisputable fact that we did evolve.

Come on, readers, give me one example of a question that religion has answered to everyone's satisfaction - one example of a "truth" found in religion's quest for truth.

Evolution tells us where we came from, not where we can go.

A well-understood and testable hypothesis like sexual selection surely trumps an untestable appeal to the inscrutable caprices of a creator.

Harmonizing religion and science makes you seem like an open-minded and reasonable person, while asserting their incompatibility makes enemies and brands you as “militant.” The reason is clear: religion occupies a privileged place in our society. Attacking it is off-limits, although going after other supernatural or paranormal beliefs like ESP, homeopathy, or political worldviews is not. Accommodationism is not meant to defend science, which can stand on its own, but to show that in some way religion can still make credible claims about the world.

Because of the hegemony of fundamentalist religion in the United States, this country has been among the most resistant to the fact of human evolution.