Just rereading your post to Lou about trying to have a discussion with a creationist about evolution, the age of the earth, etc. If they are entrenched in the belief that science is wrong, you're right there is no way to "win" an argument with them because they trump every logical statement with "God can do what he wants." Evolution isn't possible because "we" (the church or believers) DEEM it impossible.
Of course, as an engineer that does believe in God, I find it hard to believe in a God that tries to "trick" us with solid evidence in order to "test" our belief.
Are there people out there that insist the world is flat and that the earth is the center of the universe? Somehow those ideas, that "threatened" the foundation of the church so much that they had to persecute those who dared to believe something that violated church doctrine, are considered non-threatening now. My guess is that 200-500 years from now evolution will be treated just as blasely by the church. They will fight and fight until scientists have come to a better more clear understanding of evolution (because they are still learning, right?) and at that point the church will acquiesce and move on because it all reality evolution doesn't threaten God any more that the Earth's place in the solar system or universe threatens God. God as omnipotent by definition cannot be threatened by truth or science. My belief anyway...
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ~Albert Camus
