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Of course, this entire post was meant as an insult to creationists, notwithstanding the moderate Obamaesque language used to communicate the insult.

I'm afraid you're incorrect about that, GGG. I did not intend to insult anyone, simply to put out the information I found out about what people in our country believe concerning creationism and evolution. As I said at the beginning, I thought it would be educational and relevant. Most of those who've replied to this thread, whatever their particular point of view, seem to agree.

In fact, I think that whatever one believes, whichever of the major camps one falls into, from the data, you have lots of company.

Let's start at the other end here, and work our way to your particular viewpoint.

Those who are athiests are the smallest minority, but they are used to that in our society, as most of us believe in God. They will no doubt note with satisfaction that the higher a person goes in education, the more likely he or she is to agree with their viewpoint.

Those of us who believe in both God and evolution can be happy that the majority of college graduates in the United States share our particular point of view.

And those like yourself who are young earth creationists can be happy that yours is the single most widely-held viewpoint in the United States.

You can also be happy that college education, with a few exceptions, doesn't convince people to stop believing in God. If you believe in God, most of us are still in your camp.

I would think that you would see what you have in common with those who believe in God but who also believe in evolution, rather than what is different. By your own admission, belief in young earth creationism is not essential to salvation. I'm not quite sure why you don't welcome others who believe in God as your brothers and sisters, regardless of their belief in evolution, but that of course is up to you.

In any event, whichever of the three major viewpoints you take: that God specially created things much as they are, that God was involved in the development of our universe and world through the process of evolution, or that everything arose simply by chance without God being involved - whichever viewpoint you take, you're in good company.