This re-instated what passes for faith in humanity

[kandrathe]

Well that makes things a lot clearer... you have been reading creationist literature.  Creationists believe that the world was made perfect, and so the thought that a mutation  can make something better (than gods perfect starting point) is abhorrent to them.
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That's a bit of an overgeneralization on creationists, no?

For example, here is the Vatican stand on certain creation points -- Adam, Eve, and Evolution - Catholic Answers. But, I'm sure there are fundamentalists who have a more rigid view, as well some sects with much more permissive views.