There are a great many people who question scientifc ideas. The Flat Earth society has many very serious members.
They are laughable though, which is why creationism does so much damage to conservatisim. It gives the left a valid reason to laugh at us, and deride us as not worthy of consideration.
It was little wonder that the day after Bush won the 2004 election, there were comparisons of Red States as being the places where people thought the world was created in 6 days.
Evolution is not incompatible with a solid Christian faith. It's some peoples blind, dogmatic faith, though, that make them incompatible with Evolution.
No, it doesn't.
Nor do they need reason to deride Christians or conservatives other than those Christians and conservatives stand in their path to power.
The Truth is that they FEAR Christians. As they Fear Bush. They fear Delay. What you discern as mockery masks that fear.
I don't particularly care what opinion people have of my beliefs. If I did, I wouldn't be a Christian. I wouldn't be a Conservative. If you want me to recognize evolution as Truth, Prove it. I've yet to read anything that make an absolute undisputed case for it. At a point it takes a leap of Faith in the science of the day about an event no one witnessed. The science of the day has a habit of becoming dated as we make discoveries where we thought there were none left to be made. What was accepted opinion 100 years ago, is not accepted wisdom today. 100 years from now it'll be the same.
I will take a leap of faith and acknowledge God's existance, but I will not do the same for Scientific Theory constructed by man to explain the origins of the earth.
OK, let's make the discussion a matter of Christianity.
Questions for you:
1. Is Jesus Christ, God, Himself? If Jesus Christ is God, by definition the perfect God cannot lie, and therefore cannot contradict Himself. Do we agree?
2. Jesus Christ declared that if you do not believe the writings of Moses, you will not believe Him (John 5:45-47). Jesus Christ affirms the writings of Moses as believable. Do you believe Moses?
3. Jesus Christ, according to the Gospel of John, is the Creator, Himself (John 1:1-5). Jesus Christ declared that in the context of man, " Have you not read He that made them in the beginning made them male and female." (Matthew 19:4). Jesus Christ is quoting the book of Genesis written by Moses. Is Jesus Chist credible to speak with regard to His Creation?
4. Do you believe what Jesus Christ says about His Creation?
5. The Ten Commandments were written by the finger of God (Exodus 31:18). They are the Law. The finger of God wrote plainly that the entire Creation came to be in the space of six literal days. If we agree that question #1 is true, and that God wrote the Ten Commandments, it is equally true to say that Jesus Christ wrote the Ten Commandments. The writer of the Law is clear. Do you believe the writer of the Ten Commandments?
One believes in Evolution, or one believes Jesus Christ. The two cannot both be right; therefore, the one is indeed completely incompatible with the other.
Which do you believe?
As if your statement is capable of scientific support. As if conservatism depends upon accolades from the left. How much real damage has creationism done? You don't know if it's done any at all. Screw the sanctimonious, pansy-assed fear.
They are not dangerous. The scientifically credentialed proponents of Kyoto are; as were the scientifically credentialed proponents of criminal justice reformed based on the theory that criminal behavior is primarily related to one's material envirnoment; as were those claiming that DDT must never be used etc.