When I asked him about carbon-14 testing and the like he simply replied that this was God's way to "test" us, to test our faith. hmmm. ok.
Yeah - I heard that un before too!

For the record, I am niether claiming the existence or the non-existence of a God.
I don't think it matters - life is short and there is so much to do, so much to see, so much to feel. If there were a god, as long as I earn my position on the food chain and don't waste my time trying to figure him out (or be mean to someone) and enjoy life the god diety could care less about religion! God is a personal thing - not an institution.

The scary thing about creationsim, other than it's a joke (a lie and a dork indicator)is: it's a lie. The first step in mindcontrol is to get the subject to accept a lie. 2) It is a segueway for the equally phony and scary precept of "spontaneous human eveolution" which is an attempt, as was Mien Kampf, to institutionalize and nationalise racism.

If it wasn't for that last bit - I would just giggle - but the last bit - the racism - is dangerous - SO I BLAB LOUDLY!.

Fortunately children that learn creationism will not be able to marry outside the group or compete for high end jobs. They will begin to inbreed or just stop breeding. Evolution (natural selection) at work:)

I think humans are 50/50 on fear. 1) Has fun - the libertines and progressives and the other is just genetically incapable of getting it and hide away in covens and pray to [what seems] a god guy to allieviate their fears (their inability to answer the question "Who am I?". Not knowing oneself would make it likely that one would join a coven to overcome that identity crisis.

Like a "champion" show dog - some got's it - the rest don't!!:-)