Chiroptera writes:
I'm saying that I'm aware of very few people who rejected evolution and accepted creationism based on an examination of the facts.
First of all, I said I saw through the bullshit of creationism. The only way for many people to abandon creationism is to stop seeing that god has a hand in everything, and this is very close to abandoning god outright. Just about everytime I hear people talk about how after examining the evidence and seeing how all the evidence contradict creationism directly, they all had crises of faith. Some became atheists and some became theistic evolutionists.
The point is it's nearly impossible for one to be able to critically understand the evidence for evolution (aka the real world) while still having the mindset that the world is a magical place with every phenomenon having "goddunit" as the explanation.
Just look at noah's ark for example. It's rediculous to think that there was a world wide flood and that somehow noah's family was able to build an boat big enough for 2 of every animal on earth and feed all those animal for a year. And yet, there are good and intelligent people who believe this story wholeheartedly.
So, I would disagree with you that the lack of understanding or knowledge of the evidence is the reason why a person rejects evolution. It's more than that. It's the so-called "god-sight" that has been ingrained in them since childhood.
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