Many of the great scientists in the world were also men of faith.
Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote a great article on this subject for Natural History magazine. You can read it here:
http://research.amnh.org/~tyson/PerimeterOfIgnorance.phpThe point he makes is that scientists such as Newton only invoked god when they had reached the limits of their own knowledge. Basically, they copped out.
I guess that's one way of looking at it... Most people that write about such topics have an axe to grind, one way or another.
I'm a mathematician, and reading Newton et. al. (Gauss is my favorite), these people had some very serious intelligence. Gauss, in particular. He didn't cop out of *anything*, and could pretty much reduce his detractors to ashes without much trouble. He could probably do that in today's society, were he still alive.
But it's all theoretical, since they aren't around to defend themselves.
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