I think that creationists are symptomatic of the general level of ignorance among the public at large that have little understanding of science but a full grasp of technology.You do not have to understand electromagnetism in order to turn on a light switch.
As much as I argue with these people on matters of science that I am able to understand it is obvious in a lot of my posts that I struggle with concepts myself.It would not be too far a throw for me to have ended up like them if it wasn't for the fact that I never could see any sense in the idea of believing in a being who exists everywhere and is never seen.Go figure.
I was reading a book by Michael Shermer I think where he points out that the resistance to change on the part of believers is that it constitutes a threat to the very things that allow them to cope with life.Highly educated people are even more resistant to change since they have a greater ability to form arguements of higher complexity to support their belief and therefore find it even harder to formulate an arguement to counter their carefully reasoned out ones.
I learned from my first wife {born again Christian} that in placing one set of arguements to her line of thinking to show its flaws she would alter the construction of her arguements to accomodate the new information.Every arguement is filtered through the belief system and not taken on its own merits.Any arguement can be made to fit their belief system since there is no clear consensus among any group so if one contradiction comes a calling they simply reinterpret to maintain the illusion.Hence the need for Christian apologetics.
The situation is not one in which I expect to change a person's belief since that is never my concern.I am simply concerned that this webpage stand here as a consistently available source for correcting misinformation.The more science that can be properly discussed [at all levels] the better peoples critical thinking skills will become regardless.If we could get levels of clarity as demonstrated by such believers as truthlover then I think we will make a difference.
Sides, which where else can I piss off so many Christians in one fell swoop.Later
'Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.'
(Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
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