In my next post on the whole creationism thing, I ran across the following graphic (I cannot recall where) that I think sums up much of the creationist view quite nicely. Essentially, much of what they believe boils down to an extremely egocentric view of the world, where they are – of course – the “pinnacle of creation”. Of course, the scientific reality differs from this view…
For those interested in a deeper analysis of this idea, take a look at something called The Great Chain of Being.