Perfect analogy. While you and your ilk attempt to keep everyone in the dark in your cave of pseudoscience, those who would promote knowledge will keep the candle of discovery lit and lead the world out of the darkness of ignorance.
While you may view it as a perfect analogy, I don't see how it could possibly be comforting. I'm reminded of something I saw on the forum (can't remember who posted it), but basically said anyone who is a creationist in this day and age is just refusing the evidence and will never change. I have a feeling this is the general impression of evolutionists, especially those who have been in the debate for a while. Well, I have news for you, creationism is about half of the U.S. and is growing in Europe (over 1/4 in some countries) and is widespread in the middle east. The greatest power in the world, U.S., is going through economical turmoil, which in turns put less money in the schools. In my state alone education got an 11% cut, and new bills that are most likely going to get passed will ultimately increase tuition to colleges indirectly by forcing universities to take more in-state applications than out of state applications. This raises the tuition for everyone (as the college looses revenue from out of state students), just inflating the already near-crisis levels of college tuition now. All of this will ultimately create an even poorer educational system at all levels in the U.S. to an already poor education system compared to other countries from Europe and India. (Students are nearly 2 years behind these other countries when they enter college today and it is only going to get worse.)
So you have a bad education system about to get worse and worse, with fewer and fewer people able to go into higher education, with a growing (and at minimum stable) creationist population that you know is only going to increase as education decreases. I can see the candle dimming, being overtaken by the darkness of the cave, can't you?
