http://youtu.be/Bh7L3NHVlsQ

Interesting viewpoint by New Testament scholar N.T. Wright about the creationist viewpoint.

Though I see a connection between gnosticism and present-day fundamentalism, after listening to Wright, I now see more clearly its connection with deism, in terms of God intervening and then pulling back whenever He felt like it, and the shortcomings of adhering to that philosophy.

In Wright’s presentation, God is much more imminent and involved when you remove special/particular divine intervention from the creation process.