A Case of Mistaken Identity

If you listen to most scientists, the war between Science and Religion has been long and bitter, though Science seems to be gaining the upper hand. Even many christians speak of the war between Science and Religion and its effect upon our lives. As Judge Benton Eskew once told me, 'I can win any argument if you let me define the terms'. In talking about Science vs. Religion we have allowed Humanists to define the terms. We can argue all day whether science and Religion are opposed (they are not), but the war between Science and Religion should be called the war between Humanism and Theism.
When an atheist speak of Science vs. Religion, what he is saying and what people are hearing is 'Rational Analysis' vs. 'Irrational Faith'. That's kind of like labeling the sides in a criminal trial the Guilty and the Innocent, you cede the debate before you begin.
Evolution did not arise from someone looking at the evidence and saying 'Wow, this must have come about by chance'. Evolution arrose when Darwin attempted to explain everything without god....which is the first point in The Humanist Manifesto III:

Knowledge of the world is derived by observation, experimentation, and rational analysis. Humanists find that science is the best method for determining this knowledge as well as for solving problems and developing beneficial technologies. We also recognize the value of new departures in thought, the arts, and inner experience—each subject to analysis by critical intelligence.

Evolution and naturalism are subsets of Humanism, just as Creation and Supernaturalism are subsets of Christianity.
Humanism is not somehow more rational, more tolerant, more helpful than Theism. It begins with the assumption that there is nothing in the world besides matter and then proceeds to prove that by using purely material proofs. It is like the man who steps into the room and proclaims “There is nothing in here that I cannot see!” and then proceeds to prove it by looking around the room.
If Christians want to have a prayer of winning the war between Theism and Humanism, we must define the terms correctly or we risk being counted out before we get into the ring.