[Palisades]

I personally cannot fathom what possibly causes some religious people to turn to the outright and blatant dishonesty as well as the extreme arrogance (I haven't studied any higher level science, but I know enough to overthrow 150 years of research in biology!) that I see from too many creationists in these discussions.

A weak faith, in my opinion. You don't see the Pope freaking out over the TOE, for example.

Part of it might be that they would rather focus on fighting a scientific theory, than going out and doing the hard work associated with Christianity, such as feeding the poor, caring for the sick etc.

I wonder, would Jesus be spending his time fighting to get intelligent design into schools, or would he be down at the homeless shelter caring for society's worst-off?

[muir_redwoods]

The same individual who will try to console a parent who has just lost a child in infancy with the words, "The Lord works in mysterious ways" will state categorically that G-d could not possibly have used evolution to further His creation