You shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain, since the tragic aspects of reality preclude any easy consonance of science and faith. Scholars involved in reflection on science and theology often treat these enterprises as attempts at understanding our world. Metaphysical speculations are legitimate, but they only become religiously relevant when integrated into a web of beliefs and practices which shapes human lives. Observe the sabbath day and other religious practices, for they are as essential as the more metaphysical aspects of religions. Engagement in historical studies clearly befits the fifth commandment, V. Honour your father and your mother, but see them in their context.
Contemporary historians find counter-examples to any stereotype.
And they have shown that our current distinctions between 'science' and 'religion' are not useful when seeking to understand authors such as Newton who did not live by such modern distinctions. Not only do meanings of the terms 'science' and 'religion' change over time, but they are also diverse and are used eclectically at any moment, often reflecting the rhetorical situation in relation to the audience and the aims of the moment. Though a thorough historical tour is fascinating, studies of particular historical cases cannot be transposed to our time since each episode is embedded in its own wider context. This is especially true of studies which focus on a few heroic individuals, for instance on the faith of a major scientist. From the aspiring author's perspective, editors and others who reject papers may be seen as robbers, slaying one's convictions and then letting one bleed to death by the roadside.