My friends know that I’ve been following the public drama of the conflict between biblical literalist creationist insanity and rational evolutionary thought for some time. I’ve put many an oar in waters aswarm with inept piranhas, and the solitary competent shark trying to convince me to see my way to eternal life by accepting Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Joseph Smith or someone else as my own personal savior. I think though, it’s time I withdraw from the field and find another further on where my opponents actually display the virtue they profess.
At heart these people are trying to do what their religion calls them to do: win hearts, minds and souls for their god. Unfortunately they do it in a manner that shows them to be hypocrites attempting to game the system for whatever tiny, fragile points they can grab and not as people interested in honest debate on the subject. Off the top of my head I can’t think of a single creationist/ID proponent who has demonstrated the capability to hold an honest scientific discussion on the merits of a particular position without falling back on fallacious arguments, religious assertions or avoidance by trying to turn the subject towards a pet talking point.
They’re confused by their strict literal interpretation of the bible. They think that if any one line in the bible can be proved wrong, then they must discard the whole thing. And so they think the same of the Theory of Evolution; if we can chisel just one crack in the wall the whole thing must crumble…but alas for our creationist friends, science is a more robust thing than your fragile faith. Cracks tend to be patched leaving the structure intact and capable of weathering more severe storms in the future. Although one may occasionally cause a theory to collapse (for example the theories of luminous ether and phlogiston) it is much more likely that the discovery of the flaw in our understanding will lead to a stronger, better theory. Rather like natural selection at work.
I’m pushing myself off the topic and this is going to be a tl;dr for most people. Short end is I’m tired of the creationist babble. I no longer care to engage them in debate or discussion and will, in the future, if addressed on the subject (or the subject of religion) tell the poor confused piranha that he is wrong. If he persists I’ll tell him to read a book (I may even recommend one if he’s polite) and if he continues I’ll point and laugh.
Folks, if you believe in this you need to know: Creationism and ID are wrong. This is fact and can be immediately observed by anyone capable of reading at high-school level. By your understanding, literalists, this means that your literal interpretation of the Bible is wrong and thus everything you know is a lie which you must now, if you are an honest person, reject. Go ahead…raise your voice to the sky and reject that God that you know has lied to you, curse him and his angels for the liars and evil demons they are. That’s the only honest alternative for you…if you believe the Bible must be literally true for there to be a God and the Bible is not literally true (as evidenced) then you must accept that the God you believed in is not real.
I’m sure you’ll just find a way to think around that problem. Don’t bother telling me about it, I’ll just tell you to go read a book. Which is good solid advice anyway you look at it.
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