YECism: sect or cult?

I'd say that's almost normal - all you need is the right conditioning and have it reinforced by other. (It should be a clincher that no one ever believes in something that the society they live in has never come across, but of course it isn't somehow.)I believed the entire thing in a really committed way until my early teens. Then suddendly I didn't - it all become utterly preposterous.Now if your god actually does exist why would he do that? One minute I'm saved the next I'm going to hell for all eternity. Seems a tad unfair don't you think?

Yet if Faith's God exists, I'm definately going to hell in a handcart. Same god, same book, different wishful thinking.But you didn't answer my question........Edited by Tangle, : No reason given.

You're denying reality. Again. The child born in a village in the Atlas mountains is a Muslim. The child born in the UK in 1600 was a Christian. No-one EVER spontaneously believed in a religion he'd no knowledge of. It IS predominantly the case - overwhelmingly. Of course in modern times races and belief systems mix because travel is now easy. Even so, in almost all cases it's an accident of birth that determines your religion. Very easily, in Western society many people are looking for something to believe in and they can now find in almost anywhere. So a small percentage change or lose their born to faith. The fact that a few do this is no surprise. Of course they do! It's a disgraceful and digusting practice. All it says is that people have belief systems that are pragmatic and flexible. Christians are converting to Islam in the same way. That's not something that could have happened without exposure to them. Spontaneous belief does not exist, it has to be taught and it's best taught from birth. Yup, just gradually realised that it was garbage. Took about 6 months from memory. Crap - he had me and then let me go. Thank god. The question is why? The answer is that it was just a childish delusion that I grew out of. Exactly like Father Christmas. And I do mean exactly; it felt exactly the same. Your kidding??? They're as bonkers as you. If you were a Hindu I'd be saying exactly the same things. The only reason you're not a Hindu is because you were not born into that culture.

It's really hard not to say 'no shit Sherlock' to this but I can see that you're being sincere.Mainstream science rejected creationism over 100 years ago. That simply a fact. It was fatally injured by geology and despatched by biology and astronomy. Ever since, every single piece of evidence has confirmed an old earth and an evolution of species.It's simply not discussed in science anymore, if you inhabit a religious world in the US and read creation arguments you may think that there's still an argument to be had, but there isn't. Outside the tiny US creationist bubble there is NO argument at all. It's proven beyond human means of detection that the earth is old and that the bible stories are mostly fiction.