So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching.

A crush is just as simple as admiration. You get attracted to another person and time can allow feelings to grow more into something more than that.

The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began.

No doubt it is true that science cannot study God, but it hardly follows that God had to keep a safe distance from everything that scientists want to study.

Most importantly, I agree that the truth of these matters should be determined by interpretation of scientific evidence - experiments, fossil studies and the like.

Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic philosophy.

In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated.