That the debate between evolution and creation continues today in a way that sees them both as incompatible theories making factual claims about the world is in part driven by the modernist commitment to seeking certainty in knowledge. The clash between biblical literalism and atheistic materialism drew the parameters of the debate in such a way that science and religion have to be in a war for the truth. While fundamentalists locate facts in the literal word of the biblical text as the revelation of God, materialists see experience gained through the application of scientific method as the foundation of facts.
Both approaches claim their own kind of objectivity and interpret the way knowledge works differently. In the end both sides often express their views in an overall air of certainty which forgoes dialogue and perhaps a deeper and more honest engagement about the nature of evidence, reality and its possibilities.
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