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You rely/trust an internet hack for your information? I perused his page and found what I expected, the usual poor scholarship nonsense full of unsubstantiated, hazy innuendo from a Talk.Origins wacko. I have met Gary Parker, and I trust his version, some of which you’ll find here:
Acts and Facts Magazine | The Institute for Creation Research
The description of his "pre-conversion" attitude is exactly what I would write if I were a creationist looking to foster a condescending, pitying attitude among fellow creationists toward those poor, deceived evolutionists. What it does not resemble, in the slightest, is the actual beliefs of anyone I have ever known, spoken to, or read the writings of, who is convinced of the validity of the theory of evolution. As many do, he focuses on the supposed emotional and religious attachment that evos have to the theory, and glosses over the material objections - a supposed preponderance of problems that turned him away from evolution, while apparently causing no problems for all his classmates. As I see it, peer pressure after his conversion was the primary factor in his change of heart regarding the origins of life.
I'm not saying that none of this story happened as Parker tells it. However, it is without a doubt heavily embellished for the sake of his audience, and flavored more as a tale of comfort for the faithful than an instructive catalog of events as they occurred.