...Why single out that specific religious impulse?
1. Because that is one of the subjectes of this thread.
2. To answer what may be behind your question, we as a culture should in our public schools, inform students of the most significant belief systems of our culture. We should also teach students about how knowledge is reputed to be gained in the various disciplines by those in them and how they interface with each other. That is only being honest and informative, traits which are all too lacking in our schools.
Hmmm. I must have missed the post that advocated a role for philosophical naturalism in the scientific process.
we as a culture should in our public schools, inform students of the most significant belief systems of our culture.
Sure, just not in science class. Let's stick to science there.
We should also teach students about how knowledge is reputed to be gained ...
Reputed? Surely you agree that knowledge has been gained using the methods of science.
the Peter Principle at work in the overextension of the scientific process into realms outside of their domain
Just MO, but I think some of the methods of science can be usefully employed in other domains.