Evolution..?

Evolution is a process of change to meet new challenges. The change from the idea of unique creation by an all-powerful deity to the idea of development from simpler forms carries with it a very humbling readjustment to our own sense of self-importance. The evolution of ideas can be a painful thing for reasons precisely like this - universal truths can diminish the sense of human importance - just as it did when we discovered the Earth was not the centre of the universe. Just as that is now a fact largely (though not entirely) unchallenged, so will evolution be eventually. But the idea of creation by a god has had thousands of years to establish itself as "fact". The reality of evolution will take time to overcome that idea, but it'll get there. I do think we need to be vigilant against the resurrection of creationism in other, pseudo-scientific forms, as these will only slow the evolution of intelligence down.