Further to that, one does NOT have to believe in a "God" (an anthoropomorphic diety made in the image of man) to be religious...one simply has to believe that life itself has some sort of spiritual meaning and purpose...some sort of meaning and purpose that goes beyond mere survival to the embracing of higher ideals.

While it is true that the rank and file of present day scientists are likely to include a higher proportion of atheists than some other groups of people would, it does not alter the fact that many of the greatest scientists who founded whole disciplines in science and made historic breaththroughs in it have been religious people with strong spiritual beliefs.

I wasn't talking about the hangers-on here, the little guys in the labs, I was talking about the founding fathers of science itself. They had no trouble integrating the scientific approach with spiritual awareness, nor would anyone with a truly open mind, in my opinion.

Read Sri Aurobindo, read any of his books, then come back to me with a rebuttal. He was a brilliant person, well aware of modern science and absolutely in accord with it. He also became a brilliant spiritual teacher in time, although as a young man he was an atheist.

The two, spirituality and science, are not exclusive, they are not enemies, they fit together beautifully, like hand and glove. They are in assistance to one another, not opposed at all, except in minds that have already been made up after one superficial glance, one hasty conclusion, and no further intelligent analysis whatsoever.