Hi, Andrew. I don’t want to detract from the main intent of your post, which is worth considering. However, I do want indicate a point of distinction between what the article you quote *says* and your own summary. The author merely stated a correlation between the societal evils and creationist beliefs. You seem to make a causal link.

I have yet to read Paul’s entire paper, but I would find it interesting to discover how he categorized belief, which could skey polling questions, etc. In this excerpt, he seems to link "worship of a creator" with "anti-evolution", thereby making a huge assumption that overlooks an entire other category that both worships the creator and has no scruples with evolutionary theory.

Good to be back. Sorry to be brief.