Problems with the Creationist Public Image

Due to the recent spammer (Pharaoh205), I have come to wonder about the overall public image of Creationism. Perhaps we could discuss the main problems with the public image. So, let us talk about it in relation to the following:

1. The methodologies used to 'spread the word (Word?)'.
2. The activities (public and private) of the people 'spreading the word (Word?)'.
3. The message itself, i.e., 'the word (Word?)'.
4. News and other media coverage of Creationism-related events.

For each point, I'd like to focus on the following aspects:

1. What effect does this problem have on Creationism's view by the public; for example, does it turn people away, draw more in, not get any attention?
2. Why does it have that effect? Is it seen as trustworthy, dishonest, etc.?
3. And, also, perhaps we can get some examples of the problematic points (1-4) relating to the Creationist public image.

I've been eating aspartame, so I'm having a little trouble properly formulating my thoughts, but I do hope this will get the gist of the idea across as for what I am hoping to talk about. JonEdited by AgamemJon, : removed message to Admins.

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In considering the Origin of Species, it is quite conceivable that a naturalist... might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had descended, like varieties, from other species. - Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species
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En el mundo hay multitud de idiomas, y cada uno tiene su propio significado. - I Corintios 14:10
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A devout people with its back to the wall can be pushed deeper and deeper into hardening religious nativism, in the end even preferring national suicide to religious compromise. - Colin Wells Sailing from Byzantium
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[Philosophy] stands behind everything. It is the loom behind the fabric, the place you arrive when you trace the threads back to their source. It is where you question everything you think you know and seek every truth to be had. - Archer Opterix [msg=-11,-316,210]