Atheism is a minority view in our country and, I would wager, also in science. I would be curious to see if there is any data out there on religiosity among scientists.
Well, I think that's a matter of underlying assumptions. There's no need to address God in a lecture, because the underlying assumption is that God plays no role
I don't know if I buy that- I think the more likely reality is that, in today's PC environment, professors and teachers prefer to leave a contentious topic like God out of the classroom.
There probably is a "religiosity survey," someplace. However, in the case of evolution, one need only look at the derision with which Intelligent Design is treated, to understand that even the possibility of God is not acceptible to the "evolution mainstream." (I recognize that a lot of the derision is probably due to the taint of Biblical literalists having glommed on to the idea.)
I don't know if I buy that- I think the more likely reality is that, in today's PC environment, professors and teachers prefer to leave a contentious topic like God out of the classroom.
I can see your point, but I still think it's because it would not even occur to these folks to bring God into the discussion. If it did occur to them, though, I think their considerations of PC would be more directed to the response from other science people, rather than the ACLU.