Creation vs the new mythology

We're continually being told that modern culture is a battle between myth and science; between progressives who want to banish myth, and superstitious folk who prefer delusion to reality. Is this what's going on, or is something very different at work?

Quotes and comments;

A. '...the modern theologian, the modern philosopher and the modern scientist are agreed on the necessity of demythologization. Every major teaching of the evangelical faith is openly or covertly, expressly or by implication, demythologized.' - Cornelius Van Til [1.]

- The 'modernist' thinkers of today are all agreed that every area of life must be demythologized. (This means assuming God doesn't exist; and then asking 'Since god doesn't exist, what then must the case be?') The irony here is that their whole task is one of myth making. Their basic assumption (there is no God; that the creator God of the bible is an impossibility) can't be proved, and is thus only a myth.

Their 'grand' project of demythologizing is itself a myth; they claim to be demythologizing but are actually engaged in mythologizing of their own. They're exchanging one myth for another. The project is based on the pretense (and hubris) that the mind of man (in this time and place) can comprehend reality accurately, truly and comprehensively; that reality is what they think it is... and can be nothing more. From the Biblical point of view this claim is a myth.

They believe they can use the 'law' of non-contradiction to determine what can or cannot be; what can be real or can't be real; what can be true and what can't be true. Reality is thus determined by this 'law' of logic. This is another myth. Central to the conceit of demythologizing is the idea that if man can't understand x; x can't be true or real. This is another myth. There is a pretense here that nothing can be greater than man. This is another myth. (This way of looking at the world can be classified as Rationalism.)

Summary;
The fatal flaw of the new mythology is that if you take Materialism as your basic worldview stance (as your starting point for predication) you can't make sense of human experience. It's a myth to claim you can start with matter and end up with coherent and valid knowledge. An honest Materialist would have to describe all human experience in terms of physics. This would utterly destroy any attempt to acquire knowledge and find meaning.

Notes;
1. Cornelius Van Til; A christian theory of knowledge/p.333
2. The comical side of this whole subject is that the demythologizers seem to forget who they are when they engage in their critique of Christianity. They seem to forget that in terms of their own worldview, they're only bits of matter falling through the void; and that their thoughts are merely chemical reactions in a bowl of bone.
3. Not all non-Christians agree with the Rationalist approach of course. Academia is filled with Irrationalists; but they have little influence in the area of science. These are the people who claim nothing can be known; that truth doesn't exist; that everything is a word game; that all is relative; that all is illusion, etc. (The Rationalists and Irrationalists try the best they can to stay out of each other's way... and to leave each other with 'independent' spheres... and try not to criticize each other... lest they give comfort to biblical Christianity.)