[GarySpFc]

Obviously, there's plenty of details left out of Genesis that could easly hold Evolution.

I don't doubt for a second that God left out many details, but to think natural selection had anything to do with creation is atheism...period.

That and the fact that this Creationism silliness is harming the conservative cause, as well as making an artificial stumbling block for young people believing in God at all, makes the anti-evolution fight double stupid.

The problem appears to be with your belief system, and not with young people believing in God. Polls show the majority of people believe in God and Creationism, not Darwin.

[Modernman]

I don't doubt for a second that God left out many details, but to think natural selection had anything to do with creation is atheism...period.

Around 1.3 billion of the world's Christians disagree with you, of course. I guess the Pope is an "atheist" in your book.

Polls show the majority of people believe in God and Creationism, not Darwin.

That just shows that the public schools do a poor job teaching science.

[narby]

I don't doubt for a second that God left out many details, but to think natural selection had anything to do with creation is atheism...period.

That's just another doctrinal fight like "saved by grace", or the virgin birth, or any other conflict between Methodists, Catholics, Jews, etc. You think the Bible says one thing, I think it says another.

The problem appears to be with your belief system, and not with young people believing in God. Polls show the majority of people believe in God and Creationism, not Darwin.

The problem is Creationists attempting to force their interpretation of Genesis on those of other denominations. Creationism fights usually descend into the discussion of "whether God exists". For Creationists to force government school districts to host this fight is particularly stupid. It guarantees that some of those children will decide then and there that God is just a fairy tale and you will never get the chance to change their mind later.

Far better to be humble enough to admit you don't know exactly what Genesis means, and perhaps Evolution really was God's first Creation. Those Creationism fights in government schools are then defused and those children are not lost.

I'll say it again. Religious people are double stupid to carry on this fight. They only harm themselves as well as non-believing political conservatives, who might decide to abandon religious issues like pro-life judges.

Believing in Creationism isn't what saves you.

Think about it.