Your statement show that you have bought into a false stereotype of creationists. Most creationist’s are not ignorant at all - they understand the arguments for evolution but simply find them unpersuasive. For example, My dad grew up as an evolutionist and went to a secular state university and graduated with dual degrees in Electrical Engineering and Agriculture. Shortly after graduation, he rejected evolution because he realized that it could not explain the complexity of the coded information contained in the human DNA.
DNA is a code not unlike binary computer code and as an electrical engineer my dad did a lot of computer programing. He came to the realization that the DNA coding for a simple protein could not have been generated by chance any more easily than a fairly simple computer program. Dad ran the statistical math and found that even if he split the mass of the earth into mutating organisms, he would be lucky to create one simple protein by chance in the entire supposed evolutionary age of the earth. Since that time, dad has continued to read lots of information about the Creation versus Evolution debate. Everytime he hears about important new evidence that has come out out, he studies it carefully. However, this has only convinced him even more that evolution cannot explain the complexity of life. So, when people refer to Creationists as ignorant, I think of my dad and recognize this this ridiculous name calling for what it is: A copout to avoid dealing with the arguments that have been raised.
Hey...I agree with your dad. I just don’t agree that homo sapiens was created a mere 6000 years ago. I think Intelligent Design is sound. The Discovery Institute does try to distance itself from the “Creationists”.