Alas, the majority of Christians are not very "reasonable" in that way today. Fosdick was asking 100 years ago (1922) if the fundamentalists will win[0], and it is pretty clear today that they have[1].

[0] http://baptiststudiesonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/s...

[1] https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/shall-the-fundamental...