Ringo writes:
That's an excellent example of why (Biblical) creationists are so persistent: laziness.
They want all The Answers™ now and they want them to last forever. They don't want to put any effort into keeping up with advances in knowledge.
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.
Everybody is entitled to my opinion.