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Evolution is a religious belief that has been imposed upon our society and professors are often afraid to oppose it out of fear of the abuse they see others endure for rejecting it. Evolution is a religious dogma; nothing more nothing less. All the evidence; historical, political, theological, and scientific; shows it is a religious dogma. While they were whittling away at the rights of Catholics, the bigots were forcing their new dogma, evolution, down our throats, too.

Environmentalisim is a religion. It worships the Godess "Gaea". It has the "holy" day of Earth Day. It has been embraced by government that has created a Federal department for it, the EPA. Most governments embrace some form of religion, be it the religion of Communisim or Islamic religions, Maoism etc. One kind of faith or another always makes it easy to govern.

But Evolution is not a religion. It is the best explanation for the evidence we can hold in our hands. It does not contradict a Christian God or the Bible in any way except in the way that some people, wrongly I believe, interpret a couple of chapters in Genesis.

Creationism and ID are recent issues. Those names were unheard of when I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church. The Monkey Trial was over 30 years before, and I was taught, in a church retreat, that there is no contradiction between Genesis and Science. I am still convinced of that.

The beliefs of many Christians I think are being manipulated by some very sketchy people who have an agenda that I cannot fathom. Perhaps it is money, or prestiege, or just power, I don't know. And then there are the masses, who buy into these "Creationist" messages, even though it risks forcing young people in government schools to make decisions about whether God exists. In a place outside of their home or church.

Creationism tarnishes conservatives with the "dumb hick" label, which in this case isn't entirely unjustified. And this in a day when we will soon be arguing about who sits on the Surpreme Court, that could decide the fate of issues like Roe V. Wade. We will very soon need all the political clout we can muster for important things, and instead we are wasting it on this silly issue.

If you can't see this, well, I'm sorry I was less pursuasive than they have been. They are the profesionals, I am not.

I honestly believe you are wrong.

Baptists are among the Protestant groups that forced Evolution down the throats of everyone else. In England from the 1870's to the 1950's (if not to the present) Quakers and Puritans pushed Evolution. In the United States the Boston area Puritans and Quakers pushed Evolution. While he was alive, the Unitarian John Dewey promoted the teaching of Evolution thru public education, the American Protective Association, and the National Education Association (historically one of the anti-Catholic hate groups.) Evolution is very much a religious dogma rather than sound science.
I have embarrassed Professors by having more command of their area of expertise than they have. I'll never be afraid of my opponents. I have defeated them thousands of times before and will probably do it thousands of times again. Most of the time it is so unchallenging mentally, I get quite bored.
Don't let it worry you to much. Evolution is rapidly losing favor in the Universities. The evolutionists' nightmare is microbiology. However, always remember the loudest advocates of Evolution typically have the least amount of knowledge about science.