Jindal Excites GOP As a Possible Running Mate

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

One of the major problems that hinders the acceptance of evolution is simply that it is not a reasurring, comforting belief.

An all powerful, benevolent, thinking creator that rewards its creations with life after death fills the heart with warmth.

The thought of our existance being a mathematical improbability where we are constantly controlled on some level by evolutionary psychology (with a noticable pressure towards some segments of the population simply not breeding and disappearing from the gene pool) and constantly lead towards an inevitable finish line where our molecules are broken down, dispersed, and recycled into peat moss just isn't as comforting, regardless of how clear the single-celled organism -> multi-celled organism -> lower-intelligence beings -> higher-intelligence beings flowchart looks.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The "other" major problem is that a belief in creationism is instilled in extremely young and impressionable children the same way that "grass is green" is.  It is very hard to go against that kind of societal pressure and early teaching, even against significant evidence to the contrary.