“But when it bumps up against the teachings of ancient desert dwellers, science has to give way. Sorry, no sale.”
This is simply a misapplication of science to fields of knowledge that by definition it cannot apply to. It is rejected not because science is wrong, but because the application is wrong.
So, science cannot be applied to biology, ie, evolution?
Chemistry, ie, origin of life? Geology, ie, age of the earth? I could go on, but you get the picture.