Well, the whole sweater starts to unravel if you pull out the creationist thread from the mix.
No Adam and Eve = no Original Sin = no need for Jeebus. /Christianity
Sure, there are those who try to shove evolution into a creationist context, but but it doesn't fit very well.
So they either have to keep believing the most ridiculous, literal nonsense, or go through many hoops to fit science into the theistic framework. For example, without A&E, just when did Original Sin enter the genome? I vote for Homo Ergaster. That species was filled with sinners! Harlots of the forest they was!
Or maybe much earlier; perhaps during the time of the crocoduck.
As for the motivations of creationist "leaders", who knows? Doesn't seem like it pays all that well.
No Adam and Eve = no Original Sin = no need for Jeebus. /Christianity
Sure, there are those who try to shove evolution into a creationist context, but but it doesn't fit very well.
So they either have to keep believing the most ridiculous, literal nonsense, or go through many hoops to fit science into the theistic framework. For example, without A&E, just when did Original Sin enter the genome? I vote for Homo Ergaster. That species was filled with sinners! Harlots of the forest they was!
Or maybe much earlier; perhaps during the time of the crocoduck.
As for the motivations of creationist "leaders", who knows? Doesn't seem like it pays all that well.
