It's a big, fat myth that all scientists are religion-hating atheists

[cbayer]

14. While the numbers of non-believers in the scientific community is certainly

significantly higher than the general public, it is far from the "vast proportion" according to what I have read.

Here is a good article:

http://www.annarbor.com/faith/science-vs-religion-what-are-scientists-religious-beliefs/

The point for me is that these are two different things that are not at all mutually exclusive.

The "wonder" issue is an interesting topic. Most people's understanding of science is very limited and they have to accept scientific finding as some sort of leap of faith, as they do not have the tools to assess the validity of the methods or findings.

This is a particular problem due to the internet, where many otherwise rational people accept anything that is put out there as a scientific finding as fact. I hear it every day - people use completely bad science as fact because they read it on the internet.