Actually, many Christians are for research, however, the problem you find is that the "holy than thou" religious (includes pretty well all faiths and not just Christianity) especially if they are in power and against science unless it agrees with their book of fairy tales.
In my experience, and perhaps it's because they're the majority where I live, Christian's (and Catholics, depending on your views they are the same, I see them as the same) are much more in your face about their religion and their views than any other religion.
I've worked with people with all sorts of religious views (including muslim/islam, hindu, jewish, sikh, etc) and found they are pretty respectful of other people's views. While they will raise their concerns, they are very non-confrontational about it because they understand respect.
I, myself, identify as atheist, if I had to put a label on it. Really I just feel like we're wasting time squabbling over something we can't prove, so why bother? I also subscribe to the "don't be a dick" ideology.
Just my opinion and experiences. Everyone's lives are different. Maybe I'm just lucky.