"Paul Blay" wrote ...
Maybe someone who's got better access to the material actually used
can provide an idea of how common this sort of 'evidence based
creationism' is.

Take
http://www.creationism.org/topbar/faq.htm
for instance.

On dinosaurs :
"The interpretation (or belief) that they all died off millions and millions of
years ago is in dispute between creationists and evolutionists. "

Sure is. Note that they aren't claiming dinosaur fossils were created
along with the rest of the universe - already old (false/created history), but
that dinosaurs existed but did not die off millions and millions of years ago.

On the age of the Earth:
"But other creationists, like those contributing to this web site have continued
learning ... [...] there really is no good scientific evidence supporting
evolutionism at all; and there is no way that the Earth could be over 10,000
years old."

This is the sort of stuff that I wouldn't want to see taught in any school -
unless it was followed by a class on how to pull their theories apart ;-)

So just what _would_ be taught in schools as 'creationism' ?

"God could have created everything including all evidence of
existance prior to that instant of creation. Discuss."
Wouldn't really take more than five minutes or so.