Done at Rice University here in Houston:
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> http://www.livescience.com/50162-most-evangelical-christians-dont-feel-hostile-to-scien... 
> "Among evangelical Christians, about 48 percent said they see science and religion as complementary to one another, while 21 percent think science and religion refer to different aspects of reality and see them as entirely independent of one another, the survey found.
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> "One survey participant who was part of a largely white evangelical congregation in Houston, Texas, explained this point of view to the interviewers:
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> "'As a Christian, creation — really it's all or nothing. Either the entire Bible's right or it's all wrong. Either everything inside of it is 100 percent accurate, or none of it is. So if creation could be disproven … So just completely take that away, that just devastates my entire way of life, my entire being. … Nobody wants to change. Christians don't want to change, and atheists don't want to change.'"--I have said before, when Science and religion are actually in conflict, one of them must be wrong. If your faith is in chance and science, you will assume religion is wrong. If your faith is in God and his word the bible, you know that the interpretation of the data is wrong. That being said, it is not that science and religion can not co-exist. In fact, the bible firmly instructs people to study science! How crazy is that?! The same can be said for science in regard to religion though.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.