Short answer to why creationism wins by default. Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe".
Well said, always go with reason over blind faith, shame that a lot of people don't do that, go up to a religious person and present them with a fossil that is over a billion years old they will have none of it, wouldn't give you the time of day.
To be tried and tested in the flesh to see if we will have sufficient faith in God to keep His commandments.
What is dangerous about this belief is that people who suffer the most in life through no fault of their own are encouraged to accept their current situations rather than do something to...