text: given all of the bible/science disagreements, why is the focus constantly on evolution? please note - this is not trolling or provocation or making inflammatory comments... it's a genuine question.  there are many examples of the bible and modern science being in disagreement. among them: references to dragons and unicorns, references to the stars being held in one's hand, references to the earth not moving (and being square) and the sun moving around the earth, references to the bat as a bird, incorrect references to ostriches' parenting abilities, etc.  now, most christians accept a lot of these as 'to be taken metaphorically'. i can accept that too - okay, the bible works figuratively. after all, it's a work of literature in addition to a holy book. yet my question is why that magnanimity is so rarely extended to the debate of man's (and all animals') origins? nobody calls you a heretic if you say 'stars are in fact very big objects' or 'ostriches are good parents'. why is evolution seen as different?  even galileo has been pardoned and heliocentrism accepted. i guess it's because the fact that we're a species of animal, related to all other living organisms by common descent, shows what a nonsense the idea of a creator god is.  hence those who have an emotional investment in being some kind of special creation may prefer to deny evolution rather than accept the truth.