You will find many here who care quite a bit. I've seen some freepers go as far as to say that if the literal Genesis is not the truth, then the Bible is a fraud and none of it is to be believed.
"Either its all literal, or none of it", as one creationist freeper put it.
These people have a lot more to lose in this argument than I do, which makes their motives suspect.
If evolution and an old Earth were proven wrong tomorrow, my worldview would not change much. However, disproving a literal Bible would send many here into a crisis of faith. More the reason to cast pejoratives on people who believe in evolution. Calling them monkey worshipers who bow to the Church of Darwin should stave off the creeping inevitability of facts for a few moments longer.
One huge problem is that they, creationists, state that people like me believe in evolution. Belief is for religion, but belief has no place in science.
I don’t believe in evolution. I understand evolution and I accept evolution as a theory and I appreciate the beauty of such an elegant system. And....I believe that God uses evolution as His mechanism for development of the universe.
I ain’t a monkey worshiper and I ain’t a Darwinist, I am a Christian and a scientist.
Like you I do not predicate my belief system on the absolute precise *words* of the Bible, especially the pentateuch. I think it’s a mysterious story that gives us a clue about the nature of God. That in no way diminishes my faith in God.