Tripped across this tonight. Very interesting study that seems to suggest that people who believe in creationism differ from those who believe in fantastic science and pseudoscience as to why they believe. Creationists tend to be cultural conservatives or traditionalists and base their belief on a variation of "because the Bible tells me so." Whereas fantastic and pseudoscience believers appear to believe what they do because they reject both (traditional) religion and science as valid means of providing relevant information about the world.

Why creationists don't go to psychic fairs: differential sources of pseudoscientific beliefs
John H. Taylor
Skeptical Inquirer; Nov-Dec, 1995

... We began by noting that, contrary to the intuition of many (including many scientists), pseudoscientific beliefs are not restricted to the domain of the ignorant, stupid, or disordered. Further, we observed that at least two major categories of pseudoscientific belief exist, each being almost causally separate phenomena. The first of these, identified with a religious belief in creationism, seemed strongly influenced by the subculture within which a respondent is located. Such sociocultural factors, however, seem to create their effect largely through influencing the epistemological rules (tradition, authority, etc.) a respondent uses for determining truth.

In contrast, the second major category of pseudoscience appears to be a set of beliefs we have termed fantastic science. These beliefs seem far less influenced by sociocultural factors or subculture than a belief in creationism. Moreover, belief in fantastic science appeared to be highly correlated with the rejection of traditional religion and science as valid methods for establishing the truth. This hints that perceptual errors like those identified at the beginning of this article may play a larger explanatory role in fantastic science beliefs than in the other beliefs examined here. Another fascinating dimension of fantastic science is that the apparently diverse issues of UFOs, monsters, and mysterious mental powers appear highly empirically interrelated.

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