Creationists shooting themselves in the foot...

Norm Weatherby asks, of certain creationists:

Why oh why do certain people revel in public declarations that the whole universe began a scant 6,000 years ago and that scientific evidence to the contrary is all lies and distortion of "the truth"?

Answer: Creationism is not a scientific endeavor, it's a political endeavor. Creationism is rooted in the belief that the Bible has to be literally true, or there's no God.

These creationists shoot themselves in the foot because that's where the entire creationist movement is aiming. The more sophisticated of them work to try to hide where they're aiming, or to try to get the bullet where they want it by means of a fancy ricochet (Intelligent Design - Intelligent Origin Theory), but ultimately, that's their goal.

Creationists and ID-IOTs have bought the fallacy that a Creator God or Goddess can only do creative work by methods they approve of. If science believes the laws of nature are sufficient to account for life as we know it, then science is wrong. The notion that God may have set up those laws precisely so the universe would yield life capable of understanding God is "selling out".

Many vocal scientists proclaim that science rules out God. They're free to do so, but as soon as they start dealing with the supernatural, God included, they've left the realm of science. They're now human beings expressing an opinion that is not supported by the science in whose name they purport to speak. The real sin accrues to religionists who would dictate to God how he is allowed to have done his work.