The Problem with Evolutionists' Problems
             "The Creationist battle cry can be stated thus: Public ignorance is Creationist bliss." This is just one of the many attacks made against Creationist in Richard Young's article, "Why Creation 'Science' Must Be Kept Out of the Classroom." Throughout the article he uses many hasty generalizations about creationist theories. The first hasty generalizations Young makes are untrue statements about the Bible. He then uses states beliefs that are true for only of a few Christians with extremist ideas, not the common Christians view of Creationism. Young continues attacking Creationist by making more hasty generalizations, and begging the question on why Creationism is a weak argument compared to evolutionism. Finally, he tops all this off by attacking the Creationist theories in using false analogies.
             The first hasty generalization that Young makes is an attack on the Creationists' views. He claims that Creationists are extremists because they take the Bible literally. The reason why he has a problem with taking the Bible literally is because of his accusations of the Bible. He claims that the Bible says "that the earth is flat, that all space flight has been hoaxed, that the Sun orbits the stationary earth," and other statements of this nature. The problem with this accusation is that the Bible never makes any of these claims.
             Young then continues attacking Creationist by saying:
             It is precisely this loss of faith [not taking the Bible literally], alleged to have been caused by the proliferation of 'evolutionary thought,' that the creationist hold responsible for all the evils of the world, including 'sex education, alcohol, suicide, women's liberation, terrorism, homosexuality, inflation, socialism, racism and dirty books.' Judge Braswell Dean, a Georgia lobbyist for Creationism, lays an equally comprehens...