The short answer to post 1 is no, and linking to a list of creationist fallacies and lies isn't going to change this fact.

Anyone who is honest with themselves will tell you that religion is belief -- be it monotheism, polytheism, agnosticism, atheism, pantheism, Gaia, etc etc. This is because empiricism (measuring reality with what our 5 senses can detect) just can't go there, and the basis of science is empiricism. While science can tell us much about physical reality, religion and philosophy are distinctly separate entities. It wasn't always this way and IMO we've gone a little too far with our faith in what empiricism CAN explain, but unquestioning religious belief -- especially when it conflicts with reality -- isn't helpful either.