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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus2/17/2014 1:25:25 pm PST

This Spiegel headline caught my eye:

Evolution: 90 percent of Americans believe in creator

Turns out it is about this mostly-non-event:

Religious and Scientific Communities May Be Less Combative Than Commonly Portrayed

Which is being pushed by Rice U.:

Misconceptions of science and religion found in new study

Now, this is not a new thing - the person behind this is Elaine Howard Ecklund, who did something similar a couple of years ago, which got Jerry Coyne going:

Elaine Ecklund continues to whitewash the atheism of scientists

As Coyne pointed out at the time, Ecklund got funding from Templeton. Templeton has a long history of trying to syncretize science with religions of various stripes.

Still, this latest headline got the attention of Glenn Beck’s crowd:

Science vs. Religion: Study’s Surprising Finds About Christianity and Science

I see Ecklund’s attempt as somewhat flawed, as she emphasizes form and not function or substance.