There are more similarities between science and religion than nonbelievers believe in. I'll take the middle ground. Richard Tieszen, a philosophy professor at SJSU, said he hopes to attend Scott's lecture. I'm glad that it's being presented in a general arena where people can ask questions. I think there are a lot of philosophers who would hold that religion is not a way of knowing.
Religion addresses moral issues.
It's pretty clear science doesn't do that. There are other ways outside of religion to address moral issues. Lam proposed the God, Science, Scientist lecture series in December of1999. He also discussed his research survey of 10,000 Americans, which focused on the reasons people believe in God. In February 2001, Charles Townes, co-inventor of the laser, Nobel laureate and physics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is scheduled to speak on uncertainty in science and religion.