On the weekend of March 13-14, Melbourne will host the Global Atheism Convention, with Richard Dawkins as a main speaker. No doubt the airwaves, as well as letters to the editor and opinion pieces in the print media and numerous blogs will endlessly recycle a persistent urban myth about the relationship between science and faith.

An urban myth is demonstrably untrue, yet continues to be believed at a popular level, stubbornly resisting correction. In The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins presupposes this myth: that science has disproved religion. What is the evidence, largely ignored, that this is in fact, just a myth?

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By Ethos: EA Centre for Christianity and Society