Creationism at the Royal Society

This would be old news but for the fact that the Royal Society’s president at the time was Martin Rees – who might now be seen by some as finally getting his reward for letting it happen.  On the other hand, Rees does seem genuinely bemused about the award so perhaps, in his mind at least, there is no connection. Many evangelical atheists object that Reese’s accepting the Templeton prize lends credibility to the foundation – something I wouldn’t have given much credence to except for the fact that someone called Mark Vernon is crowing exactly that.