Reasons for Creationist Persistence

This is the trouble with labels. I consider myself an Evangelical Christian but I have no problem with evolution or any other branch of science. I might add that Francis Collins considers himself an Evangelical Christian.I have found on this forum that so many of the terms used mean different things to different people. I'm a creationist because I believe we're created beings in a created world, but again I have no problem with the TofE. I believe in ID but don't think it should be taught as science. It appears to me that both sides of the debate use this ambiguity to their own advantage.

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Everybody is entitled to my opinion.

I tend to think that you're right in a lot of ways. If you take the Bible as being literally true then it makes things it relatively simple and you can come up with answers for most questions and not have to think about it.It seems to me however, that if Christians believe in a God that created us, still cares about us and does still have an impact on our lives, then I we should at least give consideration to the idea that, just maybe, God is using the scientific community to reveal more of the truth of His creation to us than he was able to 3000 years or so ago to the early Israelites.One problem I suppose is that there seems to be a group that feels that if a six day creation period isn't literally true then none of it's true. It's a shame really. God is a whole lot bigger than one book; even one that is inspired.

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Everybody is entitled to my opinion.