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Comment author: michaelsullivan 31 October 2013 08:20:06PM 1 point [-]

That scenario assumes a kind of religion that is more directly in opposition to science than is typical outside of conservative evangelicals. Admittedly that's a large faction with political power, but they aren't even a majority of christians, let alone theists.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 31 October 2013 09:03:00PM 3 points [-]

People routinely accuse scientists of participating in conspiracies, even when there is no religion involved. Just tell them how homeopathy is not scientifically proved, or horoscopes.