"In 100 years, our vision of science will be laughed at".

[Zen Badger]

This 6 wise men tale does not apply all the time because some theories (like earth being flat or the earth being 6000 years old) have been rejected completely. Who knows which of our theories will be rejected 100 years from now ?

I constantly see atheists saying "i believe in Science, not imaginary friends", but since Science is ever moving and changing, it is not really this solid block of stone upon which we can rest our reasoning, what is true today can be false tomorrow.

You can accept it when you realise that there are no absolutes, that everything changes.

As you point out Science moves on constantly, some ideas become obsolete when new technologies reveal their flaws, others(such as evolution) become stronger via the same process.

Only the simplex minds of the deeply religious who can only think in terms of absolutes find this a problem. And there is nothing you will ever be able to do to convince them otherwise.

Trust me I've tried.

But in one respect I can understand where they are coming from, afterall science tells us that as far as the universe is concerned we are about as insignificant as it is possible to get.

Religion on the other hand tells us that we are THE chosen ones of the creator of everthing. And you can't get more special than that.

Given those options is it any wonder that a simplex mind will go for religion.