I wouldn't call him a scumbag, I just think he's running into extreme if not insurmountable difficulty in a failing battle, and can't really deal with the dissonance (assuming he's been reading links) between the stark contrast of reality to a fundamentalist understanding of the bible.
I can't speak to any individual believer's motives, but it seems to be a combination of http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
And confirmation bias.
I can't speak to any individual believer's motives, but it seems to be a combination of http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
And confirmation bias.