[ernie]

Not once, in English or any other class (Arky, Anthro, lots of history, psych...) did a prof come out and say it. Maybe behind closed doors they bought it, but in their professional life...

So basically you've never asked the question so assumed they don't think that way.

As for churches teaching it literally, I'll have to take your word on that. The Catholics and Episcopalians don't, I know that. An internet search also tells me that Lutherans, Unitarians, the United Church, Methodists... don't.

The catholics church itself does not have a defined stance on the issue beyond God created all from nothing. They do openly allow discussion of the timeline but essentially leave it up to the individual parishes to teach it as they will from what I understand (they do not teach anything other than Adam and Eve being the first parents and the only parents from what i understand). Nearly every praticing catholic I know, and I know quite a few, have been taught that the genesis story is literal and continues to be taught that in their many different parishes. Some believe it others don't. The same goes for many of the churches... some may be open to the other interpretations but by and large you'll find that the bulk of the parishes do in fact still teach a literal interpretation of the genesis story.

Science is great and what I follow but the fact remians it is still something that every century one guy can send shockwaves through his discipline and nearly everything changes.

The scientists dogma seems awfully religious to me.....

The fact is from what I can tell you don't believe that a person (such as Stockwell Day) can be smart in any other thing because to you he's stupid for believing this one thing, even though he has (arguably) proven to be a effective at his job at every level. I'd love to be around when you get the wake up call that having different beliefs does not equal stupidity.