Oh come on, pete! What I'm saying is that if a person insists on seeing the world through the eyes of a set of rigid, unchanging beliefs and faith, they can't be a scientist. Science is not a rigid set of beliefs but an open-minded, open-ended philosophical system based on the accumulation and analysis of evidence. Today's scientific concensus, on any particular subject, could be overthrown tomorrow if enough convincing evidence is gathered. I suspect that what you and your creationist chums object to is that there is no convincing evidence available to support either the biblical account of creation or the existence of God.

As for the politics of contemporary creationists, well I couldn't put it better than Stu did above:

"These people are the Christian equivalent of the Taliban, and should be treated with the same disdain, for they are as evil, ignorant and regressive." Hear, hear!