Why is it Evolution versus Creation?

Leaving aside the issue of to what degree "consensus equals true", Geatz was responding to Crash about the dating of John's gospel. I had missed that he'd said this, so even though this is a reply to you, I'm actually addressing Geatz.Hi Geatz,You believe John is an early Gospel written by an eyewitness shortly after the death of Jesus, and you are claiming that that is the consensus opinion. It may be the consensus of those who sit with you in your pew at church, but the consensus opinion of scholars on John is the opposite of what you're claiming. The majority scholarly opinion is that it is relatively late, dating to around 100-110 AD.Christian fundamentalist scholars date John just as you say, but since they represent a minority of all Christian scholars, their opinion does not represent a consensus.I'm guessing that Brain's question about whether "consensus equals true" is an indirect way of stating that it is the actual evidence we should examine, rather than just conducting a census of scholarly opinion.--Percy