Ismailism actually regards science as a primary tool for understanding the intelligible universe. The Aga Khan Foundation runs more than 300 schools in some of the more interesting parts of the world, with the purpose of creating a foundation for economic and technological development.

A special priority in these schools is to provide equal educational opportunities for female students--which should give those of you who think that Shia Islam is sexist something to think about on these, the longest nights of winter.

And, now that I think about it, I wonder how many of the ranters and ravers in this thread learned what they know about science (which, in some cases, seems not to be much) at an Institution of Higher Learning that was founded by Methodists, or Baptists, or Presbyterians, or those dreaded Calvinists, or even worse, actual Catholics?