If you have this idea that the earth is only 6,000 years old, you are denying, if you will, everything that you can touch and see. You're not paying attention to what's happening in the universe around you.
It's important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax-paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science.
When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?
Evolution is a theory, and it's a theory that you can test. We've tested evolution in many ways. You can't present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact.
Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.
Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science - in all of biology.
