One problem with Steve's suggestion that people who are scientists and religious put religion on the back burner so it does not impede the science is that many report otherwise. We all know the limitations of self reporting, but some of the panel worked at CERN and said their religious understanding actively helped them, rather than "not impeding" them. And that makes sense to me: we are immensely complex beings and who knows where inspiration comes from? I can self report an occasion where I was stuck on a particular mathematical cul-de-sac and was inspired to the way out via the song "The Keach in the Creel". Anything and everything can be grist to the inspirational mill.
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