Is cosmology going to join evolution as the next target of christian attack?

Question

Scientists recently detected dark matter for the first time in observing a cosmic crash. Before this the existence of dark matter was only inferred.

I think a coherent natural explanation for how the universe began isn't far off -- probably a lot sooner than many people think. A lot of science contradicts the bible, but this advance in science would fly in the face of christian and other religious doctrine more strongly than any other advance in scientific understanding since the theory of evolution.

When a coherent natural explanation for the universe's beginning is figured out, will cosmology join evolution as a great evil in christians' minds? Will there be an anti-cosmology movement just like the anti-evolution movement today? Will the religious right and their allies try to prevent this explanation from being taught in schools?

Answer 1

I thought it was already a target.

Answer 2

For the average creation-apologist, evolution and cosmology are one and the same.

Here's a typical take on what they believe:

http://www.allaboutthejourney.org/theory...

Of course this is wrong on several levels, but this is how many fundamentalists have arranged "science."  

Answer 3

Cosmology is already a target for the fundies, although it's less of a thorn in their sides compared to evolution. They claim that the universe is less than 10,000 years old, when the evidence unmistakably shows that it's much, much older than that.

Answer 4

They've already been doing this for years.

Answer 5

An explanation for the universe's beginning you say? Christianity will always be attacked. I don't know why but people don't like other people believing in the unexplained or God.

God lives

Answer 6

What do you mean, "The next target?" I was under the impression that cosmology was already under attack by the ID crowd.

Answer 7

No, if you are talking about liberal Christian lay people and theologians. The latter long ago accepted evolutionary theory and modern physics, do not treat the Bible as a literal explanation of physical causality, and tend not to draw the line between the natural and supernatural that your question assumes.

But absolutely yes, if you are talking about Christian fundamentalists. They will be in trouble and will go on the attack, as usual.

Answer 8

Aren't the Fundamentalist Christians already there?

Answer 9

They have been attacking it, although the majority can not tell the difference between cosmology and biology.