why I chose creation/christianity

[QUOTE][b]On the religion side of things: evolution, often inadvertently, makes God unnecessary.[/QUOTE][/b]If it is "necessary" to believe in God, isn't free will negated?Evolution does not rule out God, but it gives people free will by allowing that "natural" phenomena (perhaps or perhaps not themselves created/driven by God) gaves rise to ourselves and the world around us. And if evolution really happened, what is the point in arguing against the truth behind Creation? To lie to ourselves just to encourage others of weaker faith to believe in God is to still be a liar. A lie for God is still a lie, and the indemnity that goes with it is no less than any other lie. In fact if it negates the need for faith the lie hurts genuine belief more than any other and ultimately benefits evil. Hovind, take note.Also there was a time when natural phenomena had no natural explanations, they were the products of supernatural intervention in the natural world. Diseases and dementias were interventions by Satan. These explanations were simply the best that the pre-scientific people could produce, but they had a side-benefit of bolstering the faith by making the "supernatural" palpable. After all, you would have to believe in the supernatural because that supernatural was a part of daily life. The Germ Theory of disease was resisted because it removed the supernatural from daily life and replaced it with a natural explanation. Then, as today, the religious resisted the truth because they lost part of the anthill. The argument that you raise, that science should somehow "back off" because you feel it removes the necessity of faith, is no different from what science has heard over the centuries. If your faith is strong enough to move mountains, why do you fear progress, and the truth? The rejection of evolution, or any scientific principle, because of the (perceived) influence it has on the necessity of God, is a red flag announcing spiritual weakness, and the fear of the possibility that, just maybe, people need actual faith.