good stuff. most of the time when people argue this, they've convinced themselves of the conclusion before gathering the info. wanting to believe something is an enemy to logic, science, intellect, and everything that will produce a stable and truth-seeking mind.

I don't think evolution and creationism have to conflict. After studying a natural phenomenon exhaustively, Einstein tended to deduce that there was an ineffable and mystical intelligence behind it, but that didn't mean he was ready to say "all hail God of Abraham, thy hand worketh in all things." People are too quick to do that, to satisfy their minds with an exoteric and explicit conclusion. Do they really think the complexities of life are a representation of a fluorescent guy sitting on a golden throne in heaven? If he was there, do you think he would have expected us to use our god-given, viable intellects to come to such a ludicrous conclusion?

The smartest people who've ever lived, after profound studies and mind-blowing realizations, often reach the conclusion that there is much more to what they've found, and that they simply do not have the capacity to comprehend it. Why do religious zealots think that they know the answers doing infinitely less, often no more than praying and subscribing to a special feeling in the heart, often comparable to the emotions that prevail during a romance movie?

The difference between a romance movie and a religious doctrine is that the movie didn't have thousands of years of culture and often many preceding generations of believers telling you it's factual. It's too easy to believe when there is that much support for it, even if it tortures your capacity to reason. I'm just glad there are those of us in the world who respond to what intellect, nature, and practical science have to say. Wouldn't 'god' want us to have allegiance to those things rather than popular opinion? WWJD?