Lerxst
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I was at a National Park this past summer and listened in while the ranger talked about the formation of the cliffs and how many millions of years it took to create them. So far, so good; he has the audience's attention. Everyone seems impressed and nods in agreement.
After he leaves, one woman turns to a group and complains, "But he doesn't account for the Great Flood... and making things look older than they are..."
How does this even happen? I don't understand how a person's brain can even function in such a way to even entertain a thinking function like science, that should draw on logic and end up completely bypassing that logic.
I can understand reaching a compromise in saying that God created the Earth 4 billion years ago (or so) and the rocks, life, etc. that are on it are part of his creation. But to completely spit in the face of reason instead of finding a comfortable marriage of belief-with-science is just something I can't wrap my brain around.
Now the real question is, despite my pseudo-rant:
Why make it so much harder than it needs to be? Why create new and different stories that try to justify all these little things that can easily be explained with valid scientific reason?
After he leaves, one woman turns to a group and complains, "But he doesn't account for the Great Flood... and making things look older than they are..."
How does this even happen? I don't understand how a person's brain can even function in such a way to even entertain a thinking function like science, that should draw on logic and end up completely bypassing that logic.
I can understand reaching a compromise in saying that God created the Earth 4 billion years ago (or so) and the rocks, life, etc. that are on it are part of his creation. But to completely spit in the face of reason instead of finding a comfortable marriage of belief-with-science is just something I can't wrap my brain around.
Now the real question is, despite my pseudo-rant:
Why make it so much harder than it needs to be? Why create new and different stories that try to justify all these little things that can easily be explained with valid scientific reason?