re: #644 HarryTheHawk

hmmm…if you asked Pawlenty, Jindal, et. al. “was the earth created 5000 or 5 billion years ago” i’m pretty sure they would answer the latter.

This is the problem with discussing creationism. I believe God created all that is, but billions of years ago according to current scientific research. Others are Young Earth Creationists and I have found that this is not the beliefs of most Christians. Further, who really cares what Pawlenty or Jindal thinks about the origins of the universe? They are not scientists as far as I know, they are politicians. I do not take my scientific and religious information from politicians. So what if they legislate teaching ID or Young Earth Creationism some day. It will be put through the ringer of scientific inquiry and fall apart. And if some people want to cling to a non-scientific idea such as Young Earth Creationism, well then go ahead. Freedom of thought, religion and speech are still part of the American way.