There is a basic flaw too, in the reasoning process of fundamentalists, who make the entirely erroneous assumption that if you are not one of them, you are an atheist.

This is demonstrably not the case. Most Christians do not believe in YEC, and a belief in YEC is neither necessary nor logical as a requirement for following Christ's teachings as they have been reported to us by generations of men with varying agendas.

I believe in the basic tenets of that teaching, but not in the Christian Church, fundamental or moderate.

I believe in a Deity, so I suppose I am a Deist or Theist, what you will!

I have no need of organised religion of any stripe, it is simply irrelevant to my existence.

The reason why I combat fundamentalism and particularly YEC, is the total denial of all logic in its expression, combined with a proselytising fervour in the disemination of its false reasoning to the most impressionable of humans, our children.

Don T.