My position is utterly clear: I believe science is the best philosophical system we have for learning the fundamental truth of the nature of ourselves and our universe.

Science is not a philosophical system, it is just science. In particular, it does not have any meaning beyond itself. For example, the word Darwinism is normally used for attempts to transfer science into judgments of quality and moral justification - utterly unscientific, and usually driven by personal motives.

The search for meaning, particularly in apects of human life and society, is quite a distinct occupation. Traditional narratives did not separate those spheres, since the very notions of reality and truth were different from today's. Those who want to ignore that shift, will do justice neither to science nor to religion and the strife for a meaningful life in society.

For example, I cannot see a difference in dignity between being made of clay and descending from molecules. Dignity as such is a concept entirely strange to scientific thought.