I really don't get how people can just ignore the heaps of paleontological, genetic and anatomical evidence there is for evolution just because some ancient text says the Earth was created in 6 days. If you really take this story seriously, you actually believe that the Earth existed before the stars did, which means you have to throw out huge heaps of astronomical evidence too. If you believe that the Earth is 6,000 years old or so, you have to throw out all modern geology. Eventually the person who believes the Bible to be literally true will end up rejecting all modern science, hence the war on science that's coming from the religious right in this country. These people are trying to introduce their religious superstition into our science classrooms so they can destroy science as we know it.

And the ironic thing is that they're supposedly doing it in the name of science. They actually call it "Christian Science", even though there's no science involved whatsoever. Science means you look at the evidence and draw conclusions from that. When the evidence contradicts your previous conclusions, you modify them. Christian "Scientists" never modify their ideas; they take as dogmatically true anything that is said in the Bible and try to cram the evidence into an account of history that will agree with that.

There's a reason all respectable scientists reject the Bible as an ancient work of fiction, because that's apparently exactly what it is. It rejects all kinds of observable, verifiable evidence. You have to be either really scientifically ignorant or really self-delusional to embrace creationism. Fortunately it seems to be the former, which could perhaps be solved with better science education. If we can successfully defend science education, that is.