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[DTD Alum]

[Continued derailment of thread ahead.] OK, I understand that I'm not terribly religious and that I live in Northern California (ie, the land of heathens) but it simply baffles me that people are so absurdly resistant to something that has been accepted as fact for so long. It's not like evolution is something that was proposed five years ago, this is something that the scientific community has universally deemed correct for a very, very long time.

What I don't understand is this. Evolution by no means disproves God. If there is a deity, he had to create things somehow, and evolution may simply be the mechanism for how he created things. All it disproves is a literal interpretation of many religious texts. But if there is a God, he gave us the ability to observe the natural world around us and discover his mechanics. And if this God-given gift disproves a literal interpretation of a religious text, all it really means is that we are being given a divine clue as to how we are supposed to view that text and apply it in our daily lives.

So therefore, to blatantly refuse to accept what is essentially a verifiable fact at this point (the word "theory" is used in the Theory of Gravity, it's not a word solely used for unproven scientific principles) is not only a slap in the face to reality, but a slap in the face to the God-given gift (once again, presuming there is a God) to understand the world around us.

And don't even get me started about when this refusal to accept reality is used to infringe on the rights of others (*cough*gayscanchoosetheirorientationandbechanged* cough*). That is a whole other category of reprehensible ignorance.

[Optimus Prime]

Originally Posted by DTD Alum

[Continued derailment of thread ahead.] OK, I understand that I'm not terribly religious and that I live in Northern California (ie, the land of heathens) but it simply baffles me that people are so absurdly resistant to something that has been accepted as fact for so long. It's not like evolution is something that was proposed five years ago, this is something that the scientific community has universally deemed correct for a very, very long time.

You shouldn't be surprised at all.

I'm just gonna keep it simple and brief.
1. For those who are religious, religion > scientific facts
2. Not everyone is exposed to it because many schools barely touch on the idea. (speaking from experience of course)

People will believe what they believe, no matter how accepted or old the idea/facts is/are.