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Originally posted by djmcmath
By definition of _what_, exactly? You've used three terms that are all just a little bit vague, for at least some of us. Which definition explains the measure of faith required to believe something? And while we're at it, what's the unit for faith? Apostles? I mean, do you have a faith-o-meter, or something, with a little gauge in Apostles? So someone who was really faithful would have, like, 3.6 Apostles worth of faith, and someone with no faith at all would have like pico- or femto-Apostles? 
Thanks for clarifying.
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Easy to clarify. Creationism is essentially a belief that god (pick one) "created" life as we know it basically in it's current form. In order to buy into this explanation, you have to believe in god, right? What is your belief in god based on? Faith. Creationism has no physical evidence to back it up, it doesn't propose any mechanisms to explain the world around us and why we see what we see. People complain that the Big Bang theory states that everything we see now came from nothing (straw man argument, but I digress), yet this is exactly what creationism proposes.
The theory of evolution, on the other hand, is based on physical evidence and not only accurately explains the past, but also what we see in the world around us and is used on a daily basis in the fields of genetics, etc. because it works so well.
So, take your pick - a theory that does not explain the mountains of physical evidence that we see or one that does? Which one requires more faith?
Mike