I just read this story, apparently 68% of Republicans don't believe in evolution...to paraphrase Eddie Izzard, "just because there's a few holes in your theory you don't just go...it's fucking magic mate" (clip is below). Not to defend the British political system but there'd be NOT a chance of a British politician getting elected if they claimed creationism was anything but religion. It just scares the crap out of me that religion has so much power in American politics and that power seems to be increasing year on year. My beliefs...to quote someone far more intelligent than myself:

"I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it." - A. Einstein

 I believe that science unveils a universe far more miraculous (yes, I use the word miraculous intentionally) than has ever been encapsulated in a religion, the concept that evolution is somehow inferior to the mythology of creationism leaves me incredulous. The belief that evolution lacks beauty just exposes a lack of understanding of the scale and depth which defines evolution.

 UPDATE: Sadly I need to close comments on this post...got some fundamentalist lunatics getting abusive...