Sometimes I am asked why it is that I devote so much of my time to promoting evolution and attacking the certifiable lunacy that is young-earth creationism. Surely I have better things to do with my time, it is implied, like read Charles Dickens or plant flowers; after all, people believe lots of crazy things, why not let them have them, especially when it does no harm? That, however, is where the person asking the question goes astray. Creationism does do harm, real and verifiable harm. It is not harmless, like the belief that Elvis lives or the idea that Bigfoot strolls somewhere in the western United States. It is not a question of my opinion versus yours, not when the truth of evolution is verified scientific fact. At its heart, the struggle between creationism and evolution isn’t about a battle of ideas, for evolution is far more than just an idea. It isn’t even a struggle between religion and irreligion, though the young earth creationists might like you to think that, for ma...
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