You have hit the thumb on the nail...
Science as re-invented the arguments, redefined the topics and sanitized them for their own purposes. This is the same thing Stephen Meyer faces when he debates “scientists” about intelligent design. Call it cellular encoding and its genetic biochemistry; Call it God directed and it is cheap dogma.
Their blindness is deep and widespread. But, I suspect that this may be part of the “...deluding influence so that they might believe what is false.” Paul wrote about in IIThess. Great post.
...gather about them a great number of teachers...
It appears that way: “Schäfer’s book is an integrative approach to Modern Science and Religion that aims to show how some traditional religious and philosophical notions can be understood or redefined in terms of modern science.