@Sondie Frus, I hope that your perspective is unnecessarily pessimistic. A very large portion of the U.S. population are Christians who place faith in unseen/unprovable realities. If they are doomed to reject evidentiary truth, such a science pursues, then we may be doomed (unable to garner enough support for dealing with climate change, etc.). The current grip of Trumpism on conservative Christians (White Catholic and Evangelical in particular) makes this particularly problematic. But must it be so? Must faith in unseen realities like God lead to this. Historically science emerged from populations steeped in religious tradition (Islam and Christianity for sure). The earliest "natural history" buffs, who gave rise to modern science were religious people. The link between faith in invisible realities and denial of science cannot be absolute. There must be a way of approaching faith and religion that values evidence. This is what I am proposing. Plus human beings have a need to gain confidence in matters that are in some sense unseen and unprovable. Like driving at night. Like falling in love. Like regarding some things as beautiful. Like art. Like "fictions" we create (money, for example) that depend on widespread trust. And I'm proposing that there are themes within religious trraditions like Christianity that are helpful--such as the Jewish emphasis on "love your neighbor as yourself" as an overriding ethical guide, picked up in the NT as an essential--the most important--guide for interpreting sacred text "love your neigh as yourself--for this is the Law and the Prophets" {aka, the Bible]. I think it would be helpful if more secular oriented people would affirm the value of finding ways to do faith and religion that serve the common good.