These polling results cause weeping and gnashing of teeth among doctrinaire Darwinists, who see it as evidence of irrationality or superstition among ordinary Americans. Some even suggest that America’s leadership in science and technology is threatened by these “unscientific” attitudes.
Nonsense! What’s on display is not irrationality or disdain for science: It’s simply a reflection of the innate human understanding of God—what theologians call the imago Dei. Years of propaganda by scientists and teachers can’t erase it, and it’s also a recognition of the limits of science.
Unless we believe we live under oppression and tyranny, then there's no room for anything other than science, which is fine by me, except that science doesn't have all the answers, and as Neuhaus puts it.. Scientists are not exempt from paying their respects to democracy.
"Christians have an obligation, a mandate, a commission, a holy responsibility to reclaim the land for Jesus Christ-- to have dominion in civil structures, just as in every other aspect of life and godliness.
"But it is dominion we are after. Not just a voice. It is dominion we are after. Not just influence. It is dominion we are after. Not just equal time. It is dominion we are after.
"World conquest. That's what Christ has commissioned us to accomplish. We must win the world with the power of the Gospel. And we must never settle for anything less... Thus, Christian politics has as its primary intent the conquest of the land -- of men, families, institutions, bureaucracies, courts, and governments for the Kingdom of Christ."
For some, ID is a step along this path.