USA Today is reporting that the public's unquestioning allegiance to the pronouncements of Big Science is showing signs of decay. A gap between the views of the general public and Members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is widening, according to Pew Research:
58% of the public approve of embryonic stem cell research. 93% of AAAS members approve.
49% of the public believe in man-made global warming. AAAS members, 84%.
The biggest gap was between scientists with a belief in natural evolution 87%, and 32% for the rest of society.
This is an opportunity for the church to be 'relevant' again. The two-tier theory of truth has marginalized the opinions of religion by pushing them outside the walls of Big Academia. "All truth is God's truth" could again be the marching orders of the church.
Unfortunately, the contemporary church may not be up to the challenge. Answers in Genesis' new book "Already Gone" shows that the church is already largely viewed as irrelevant by the next generation. As faith in Big Science is waning, confidence in the church is waning as well.
Maybe the church had better start teaching science again. And economics. And sociology. And take up the task of taking captive every thought found in contemporary society and making it obedient to Christ.
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