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Reasons for Creationist Persistence

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Taz
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Message 174 of 220 (402901)
05-30-2007 4:51 PM 		Reply to: Message 173 by Tyberius
05-30-2007 4:43 PM

Re: The Current Plan of the Christian Cult of Ignorance
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Also the claim that viruses evolve to be resistant to antibiotics. Viruses never mutate for the better, into organisms with more information. For example: viruses sometimes get a bad mutation which hinders the bacterias ability to transport the antibiotic into the cell, thus making the virus "immune" to the antibiotic. The virus does not mutate into a better organism ie:a virus slowly turns into a fish with more genetic info than when it began.
Wow, just wow.
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Taz
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Message 186 of 220 (403061)
05-31-2007 5:00 PM 		Reply to: Message 185 by cavediver
05-31-2007 3:44 PM

Re: If I Was A Creationist ...
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A typical fundementalist Christian will trust and believe another fundementalist Christian over ANYONE else. Of course there are ranks of trust with Christian circles, but just about anyone within the circle trumps anyone outside that circle.
While this is true to some degree, I don't think that this is the main reason why so many people have fallen into the creationist mindset pit. I seem to recall reading about an evangelical pastor that was converted from creationism and began preaching against it. Almost over night, he lost most of his attendees.
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The simple fact is creationism is much simpler to digest than real science. Since most people have not spent the effort and time in learning real science, talking to real science minded people somewhat give them a sense of inferiority. But believing something as easy to digest as creationism, they don't have to spend much mental effort to be equals to scientists.
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In other words, you could say that jealousy is why the creationist movement is so popular among the ignorant crowd.
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We are BOG. Resistance is voltage over current.
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Disclaimer:
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Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
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He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!
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Taz
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05-31-2007 11:29 PM 		Reply to: Message 187 by berberry
05-31-2007 9:51 PM

Re: If I Was A Creationist ...
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Not only that, but the typical creationist will have "spent the effort and time in learning" the book of Genesis.
If you are implying what I think you're implying, I don't agree. The book of genesis isn't that complicated to read and learn. Any 8 year old child can do it. That versus the long hours after hours of frustration of preparations for exams and real life experience in the field.
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We are BOG. Resistance is voltage over current.
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Disclaimer:
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Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
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He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!
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Taz
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06-01-2007 11:30 AM 		Reply to: Message 189 by PaulK
06-01-2007 1:53 AM

Re: If I Was A Creationist ...
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A lot of people can't figure out Genesis. How many have worked out that Genesis 1:3-5 describe the creation of the day-nght cycle ? How many say it's about the Big Bang instead ? How many have figured out that the Serpent told the truth in Genesis 3:5 - even though it's confirmed in Genesis 3:7 and 3:22 ?
Sorry, I have zero ability to interpret allegorical or metaphorical bullshit. Seriously, give me a poem and I'll just stare at it for hours without being able to understand what the author is trying to tell me.
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We are BOG. Resistance is voltage over current.
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Disclaimer:
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Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
​
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!
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Taz
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06-01-2007 1:01 PM 		Reply to: Message 196 by jar
06-01-2007 11:38 AM

Re: If I Was A Creationist ...
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should they actually get exposed to truth the result is a total abandonment of their religious beliefs.
Those of us who actually went through these stages in life would say that the total abandonment of our religious beliefs is a good thing.
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We are BOG. Resistance is voltage over current.
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Disclaimer:
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Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
​
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!
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