Now in 2013, as Pope Francis settles into his new role as leader of the Catholic Church, the Vatican's head of science is urging a re-think of the "mischaracterization" of the relationship between thechurchandscience.
Not being the stupid party also means supporting scienceandthe separation of churchand state, at least to the extent that creationism is not taught in public schools.
The Ipsos Mori poll, for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason andScience, was rubbished by theChurch, with Reverend Giles Fraser, former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's, saying it was not fair to trump people's "self-identification" as Christians.