TB writes:
I don't agree that the data 'so clearly' points to evolution. The data IMO is split quite evenly on the issue. As such it does come back to a faith issue as you have identified.
If it were a data issue then the split would be along scientific rather than religious lines, and Creationist websites and publications would spring from people and organizations of many walks of life instead of just fundamentalism. The variety of Creationist views is symptomatic of ignoring real-world data and explains why, for example, yours and wmscott's views are so dramatically different. Come to think of it, you and wmscott were exchanging posts at one point - what ever became of that?
--Percy