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These same people don't believe in Darwinism, so "¯\(ツ)/¯ "
I used the word "evolve" when talking about new strains of viruses to a co-worker who was a Young Earth Creationist. Dude was so triggered - it's like I threw holy water on him and he barks out: "that's NOT evolution! it's not like cats turning into dogs or a monkey turning into a human!!!111"
Not even kidding. Where to even start with these people? Did they just entirely skip bio 101 courses? This guy actually went to university (but not anywhere near a coastal city) and got a bachelors in science. WTAF.
Dude, the amount of engineers and technical people I meet that are creationists are astounding.
Like, you went through all that math and science. You know how it works. You trust it enough to get on an airplane or crawl under your heavy thing supported by a frame you built and worked the math out on.
You trust the material science, that you didn't actually do, other scientists did.
And yet you don't trust the math and science that went into proving the earth is older than 6000 years or whatever fucking random number they made up in your one fantasy book.
The mental gymnastics is just mind boggling.
Then they pull the, (well god put all that there when he created the earth to make it look like its that old)
That's about when I introduce them to the concept of the last Thursday theory.
One dude had the gall to say the Bible is the oldest written story, and I'm like DUDE! have you no idea about the Epic of Gilgamesh?
I looked up Last Thursdayism also, it did not disappoint :
I do like even the religious point of view that if God is almighty,