But to your argument: The Bible believing Christian says that they believe the Genesis account because they believe that the Bible is true. And it is true because God's word says that it is true. In other words, they accept that the Bible is self-authenticating. You may not agree with that form of epistemology, but at least they are up front about it.
OTOH, why do you believe scientists' interpretation of evidence? Is it because of the strength of their "evidence" or because their interpretation seems plausible or because it is the only logical explanation of things? Why do you accept evolution as fact? Cannot one's belief in evolution be because they think that evolution is self-authenticating? It seems to me that belief in evolution is just as much a matter of faith as belief in creationism.
I do not believe that it is the role of government to educate children. It is the role of parents. But, if we are to have true neutrality in education, neither creation, ID or Darwinism should be taught in the public schools.
Now please address my question regarding Exodus 20 that I raised in my previous post. If you refuse to do so, I would suggest that you not use the "confusion" of Gen. 1 and 2 as justification for your views.
So you believe the Bible because it's Gods word, and you believe it's God's word because the Bible says it is. Ok.
I can say I believe in Evolution because respected scientists say it's true, and I believe in the respected scientists because they believe in Evolution.
But also there are all these fossils that I've collected myself, and virtually uncountable layers rock in the Grand Canyon. Bones of whales with vestigal feet. The list is endless.
And there is also that wonderful Discovery Institute, that for 25 years has sought to discredit Evolution. They haven't found the layer in the rock with evidence of Noah's flood. They haven't found modern fossils in ancient layers, or any other teeny tiny bit of evidence that would easily falsify Evolution if they could only find it. All they can do is whine "Evolution hasn't done this or that.... yet". So what? It would be possible to prove Evolution wrong, IF they collected the correct evidence that they claim should be there. Yet they're total failures.
Of all the things that convinces me that Evolution is correct, it's the obvious failure of a succession of entities that have tried to find evidence to disprove it, yet have not. You may believe otherwise, based on their arguments, but just like the Dems have been convinced by their propagandists that George Bush is satan, you have been convinced that Evolution is is as well.
There's a sucker born every minute.