The only reason I can come up with is that 'science' is
viewed to undermine faith in a God. So if you can come
up with something that looks scientific it makes one feel
all warm and glowy inside ... a bit like Linus's blanket.
It seems to have elluded some people that science says nothing
about the nature and/or existence of any God ... it simply attempts
to uncover the 'rules' that nature appears to follow.
Whether these rules came about by chance or intelligent design
doesn't really matter to most scientists ... it's figuring out
how things work that is interesting.
Take evolution ... it wasn't really about undermining christianity
it's just a theory that covers the observations. If that makes
some people nervous perhaps they should examine their faith rather
than attack the stimulus of their doubt. I thought doubt
was considered a good thing in faith anyhow.