No conflict between faith and science, eh?

[The Reality Salesman01]

I agree with those of you who say it doesn't have to be in conflict, and sure, not all practices of religion are out there making wagers on their lives like this woman. Perhaps it's not religion and science, but more specifically, faith being at odds with the critical approach to truth which allows good science to produce useful and reliable results. I recognize the disparity in the application of faith among those who claim to be religious, and so I couldn't possibly say that they're all equally at odds with science. But I can't help but think that when this observation is brought up in defense of the mild and less extreme religious folk and we gladly acknowledge it to be true, the people such as this woman feel reaffirmed in their practices and the real problem remains. As long as religious people as a whole maintain their relativist attitude in the public square toward the incompatible claims being made under the cloak of religion, I think it's unlikely that we'll see a line drawn in the sand between harmful and productive habits of thought.