Theocrats Threaten Physics!

The Templeton Foundation has announced a new initiative to fund cutting-edge physics research with potential theological implications.  According to the Boston Globe,

critics of the foundation said they worry the institute will be used to blur the line between science and religion.  "I think that bringing science and religion together is a not a good thing," said Sean Carroll, a theoretical physicist at the University of Chicago who did not apply for a grant, and declined an offer to help select the winners. "It is not that different from the Vietnam War, when people wondered whether to take money from the Defense Department for their research, even if their research had no conceivable military application."

All that's missing is a Barry Lynn quote on the threat this poses to the "wall of separation."

Rob