IamThunderbolt
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Like I said earlier to believe that God created everything and put things into motion, and that he is what gave us purpose in life is fine. Its when you blatantly reject proven scientific thought and data to fit your belief when problems arise. Like before I don't know what the solution is. Science has a very bad PR department and needs better spokesman. The problem is that it is complicated as shit. Things found in magazines like Scientific America and Discover are about as dumb down as you can get and for the majority of people even that is going to be over the top. We are talking about a general population with a reading level somewhere in the range of 5th grade. So what is easier for them to latch onto, complicated radioactive isotope decay determining the earth is 4 billion years old or what they have been hearing all their life, God did it.
This is why places like Answers in Genesis (big time YEC group - the creation museum folks) convince so many people. They have many people with a scientific background who engage in a science of plausibility, not true science - showing how the YEC account could happen based observation rather than observing and drawing conclusions from that - their conclusions were made before the process started - they are just looking for evidence that can be interpreted in a way to support their conclusion. When presenting these observations (and presenting them in a vacuum without dissenting opinions) to the masses - the majority of whom have neither a strong hermeneutic nor scientific background - it's easy to be convinced/reinforced of something they already believe.