re: #588 Lidane

In order to accept Creationism, you have to believe that a deity created the world we live in out of whole cloth, as it is now. Dinosaurs, fossils, the idea that the Earth is more than a few thousand years old, etc. — these are tricks being played by the devil to fool you into not seeing God in everything.

Evolution disagrees with all that, so it’s a threat to the biblical fundamentalists who embrace Creationism.

I guess, for me, that would take the mystery out of it. And belief in any higher power is intrinsic with the mystery of creation. A power so great to create life is far beyond the human mind to grasp. Anyone who thinks they KNOW anything about it is fooling themselves, iirc.

We have brains and figured out the mechanics of evolution and the sperm and the egg, but we can’t create the spark. We can only put all of the factors together and hope. We can play with animal husbandry and get it right most of the time, maybe. We can work with plants and create GMO seeds that increase yields, but may have consequences.