Scientists with a belief in creationism

That's not the mentality of evolution, if evolution can even be said to have a "mentality." That the hard work of competition is the only way to achieve real reward? What's harsh about that? Isn't that the sort of rugged, can-do individualism that's so quintessentially American?The alternative is the "everybody wins all the time, you get everything for free" mentality that religious conservatives find so repellant and "liberal." To the degree that evolution suggests that hard work is necessary for survival and gain, I would think that religious conservatives would be behind it. Except for the whole "contradicts the Bible" thing.

I don't understand your post.

Accomplishment. Is it a big deal when someone goes from here to a place 42 km away? Not really. But when he gets there ahead of others doing the same, we call it a "marathon" and laud him with gold medals.Accomplishment is its own reward, and the only things worth accomplishing are those for which success is not automatic.