My Creationist friend

[EggSpurt]

Guys, thanks so much, you're awesome. I truly can't understand how, when presented with the copious amounts of evidence we have today, that anyone could -
a) believe in the Genesis story of creation
b) believe in the Noah's ark flood story
c) believe dinosaurs and humans existed at the same time
d) dismiss the theory of evolution

Am I in crazy town? How much more evidence to these people need?

A big problem is that many people compartmentalize way too much. What I mean by that is, they acquire some information that answers one question, but do not allow themselves to logically follow through all the potential implications that this new information demands. It goes something like this: "Ok, according to science the flood couldn't have happened the way the bible says it does. But nobody can prove that god doesn't exist. Therefore let me forget anything unpleasant that was said about the Flood."

Basically most people don't have the integrity to properly follow through with what such evidence means. The honest thing to do would be to say "hmmm, well, in light of this evidence, i have to accede the possibility that the Flood account in the bible is not literal, or at the very least, not translated correctly. But if that is the case, then it is at least possible that the other stories are also incorrect, not literal, or at the very least translated incorrectly. Which makes it at least possible that the biblical account of creation is not literal. Which means that it's possible that anything in the bible is prone to error, misinterpretation, or flat out fabrication. For all i know, the whole thing could be just fucking made up!"

Nope, that takes too much courage for someone heavily emotionally invested. Should they get as far as doubting the legitimacy of the bible, it'll take them another 2 years to stop floating in indecisive limbo.