Beliefs that the Earth was flat or the center of the universe were certainly pushed on the scientific community, but reason and evidence win out in the end. The idea that evolution is part of a great atheistic plot to discredit the one true god is absolutely ridiculous. The problem is, these same people will tell me that most scientists are Christians. Yes I do. Two-thirds of the world is not Christian, and most hold the belief that Christianity is false.
Majority opinion is neither proof nor disproof of personal beliefs.
If fundamentalist Christians who believe in creationism really think their scenario is historical fact, then the so-called scientific community will eventually get around to proving it, no matter what influence there is. If it is historical fact, no agenda will ever stop it. Just like with the flat Earth notion and the geocentric view of things, Christianity will simply change to fit the new incontrovertible evidence. If the Church gives leeway on anything, such as the age of the Earth or the creation of life, then all things in Genesis and indeed all of the early books attributed to Moses become open to widespread skepticism. If the church declares the creation story or the story of Adam and Eve to be Israelite folk tales, then the same thing can be said about the Exodus, the parting of the Red Sea, Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Flood, the Tower of Babel, and on and on.