The incredible thing is, this debate has been going on ever since the day On the Origin of Species was published in 1859.

Actually, scratch that: the debate against Darwin even preceded the publication of the book, and dated from the first presentation of his idea in a public forum (in 1858), many months before the book actually came out.

From that day to this, the argument has not changed one bit. It’s exactly the same. And the underlying phobias are exactly the same, though nowadays the creationists imagine they are better at hiding them.

Basically, their position comes down to this, unaltered for 150 years:

“I ain’t no monkey!”