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I would not want your job, that's for sure. To even have to be "even-handed" in such a volatile topic can be tricky to be sure. Both sides are very convicted to their causes. Both sides convinced that the other is terribly wrong and blind. Both sides trying to get the other to "see the light". The one thing that I cannot stop thinking about though is this. As a Christian myself, and as a very conservative person, AND being drawn to this site for it's conservative statements on the front page, I think that there should be more here who are likeminded as myself. I guess time will tell. It is no surprise to me to find people on any type of conservative site who really hate anything to do with God. However, the one thing most Christians have in common is the fact that they are conservative. So, the confusing circle still spins.
As one who thinks as I do ( I assume), I would just like to say this. We must not loose ourselves in the opposition. Thank you for the inspiration bible verse.

Thank you so much for your reply!

[I] think that there should be more here who are likeminded as myself.

No doubt you will find quite a few who are like-minded. In the vote, on top of the Creation/Intelligent Design side there were many on the Evolution side who qualified their vote with such words as Christian or Theistic.

A lot of the difference has to do with how people characterize their own views of origins. Some believing in the Creator and acknowledging evidence of evolution would identify with the Evolution camp while others with very similar views would call themselves Intelligent Design.

If you'd care to explore the different views on Origins here on Free Republic, they're gathered on this thread.

If you don't see your view in the collection, please post it - or any comments you have!

I think that there should be more here who are likeminded as myself. I guess time will tell. It is no surprise to me to find people on any type of conservative site who really hate anything to do with God.

There are many here like yourself, so you can relax, you're among conservative friends. For those interested in religious discussion, this website has a religion forum full of various threads devoted entirely to the subject. The science threads are not about religion, and certinly not about hating God; rather, they're for discussing scientific topics. Sometimes we get misguided people dropping in to claim that all of science (and evolution in particular) is atheistic, communistic, etc., and we naturally resent these untrue and genuinely insulting accusations. When we try to correct such persons (and yes, when we express our impatience at encountering the same old false accusations yet another time), too often the reaction is that we are then "Christian bashing." It's a disruptive, unproductive, and very annoying cycle that repeats itself endlessly. The "agreement" is an attempt to calm things down.

I think the YECs actually far outnumber any other camp here. You'll find them at the Religion forum. They generally don't argue science, but religious issues, although science threads will get in there once in a while. Lots of posters there, most are fundamentalist Christians, and I don't know of any "evos" there.

You just see more "evos" on science thread because (1) there isn't a science forum so every science threads winds up on the main FR thread forum and (2) there aren't as many IDers/YECs who wish to argue evolutionists for some reason. Please don't judge the religious content of FR without giving Religion Forum a look. I think you'll like it.