Has science affected belief in a personal God?

The Journal News: "NEW YORK - At this 'atheist moment,' when books that ridicule the notion of a personal God are making best-seller lists, believers must acknowledge that the challenges posed to faith by modern science are very real, a panel of experts said this week at Fordham University. The long-standing belief in the West that the universe has purpose and meaning has been replaced in the corridors of science by a focus on nature's processes that are not only intricately complex, but mindless and pointless. And, ultimately, Godless."