Heliocentrism and Evolution

An earlier thread (Is Evolution a Radical Idea?) suggested that evolution may be like heliocentrism, in that it offended people but was not actually disastrous to religion.If it is accepted that evolution is true, what must be rejected from Christian religions? Will acceptance of evolution lead to the downfall of religion?I'm going to contend that evolution is different from heliocentrism in that we must reject a literal interpretation of the book of genesis. But beyond that, there are no critical changed that must be made to Christian religions. And considering that many demonitations all ready reject a literal reading of the Bible, it seems as though ToE is not that devasting to religions. It may cause some religions to change (probably not collapse), but for many religions it will involve only minor adjustment. promoted from [forum=-25] by AdminNWR

Ok, ok, point taken. There are many things outside the book of genesis that cannot be taken literally if evolution is accepted. So with evolution, as with heliocentrism, we lose a literal interpretation of the Bible. My question I guess is, why are YEC's fighting the ToE?Four possibilities:
1) They really, really like a literal interpretation of the Bible.
2) There is something other (more important) religious issue at stake.
3) They are just plain stubborn and conservative.
4) There really is no conflict or loss, but they think there will be one because the ToE is misunderstood (in particular, assuming that atheism will fall from the scientific understanding of evolution, which is plainly not true).I contend its 3) or 4), or that there is nothing inherently threatening to religion offered by ToE.I have just the Avatar in mind, wait and see.