Rich Fox
 
Creationists, especially the virulent "scientific [sic]" variety,
are *deathly* afraid of science, particularly historical
disciplines.  Here is the bottom line why.  It has to do with
soteriology. The majority Christian belief is, simply, salvation
through Jesus "Christ." "Scientific [sic]" creationists take this
one illogical step further.  Salvation is available, but in
addition you must believe word-for-word in a literal, inerrant
Bible.  Their "beliefs", of course, are interpretation, but they 
don't recognize that.  The next step, as Mark notes, is generated
by their terrible insecurity.  They would feel certain of all this
if eveyone subscribes to their dogma.  Hence their immense efforts
to infiltrate our school systems, etc.  Complete consensus would
somehow cause the natural facts of our universe to cease to exist.

The demand for an inerrant Bible is rooted in a singular and great
fear.  If you can doubt one small portion of the Bible, then you
can doubt it all.  The Enlightenment dispensed with this argument,
but then these are anachronistic soteriologists.  My view of all
this is that the "scientific [sic]" creationist is obsessed with
his/her own salvation, and hence the matter is not of science but
of selfishness.  Anything that contradicts their view is evil, and
this includes not only science but the rest of Christianity and
any other religion. "Scientific" creationism is nothing more than
religion from a narrow, selfish, intolerant, arrogant, pompous
and *dangerous* perspective.