(August 5, 2014 at 10:58 am)Rhythm Wrote: Well, in the case of our resident flat tires - it;s generally an argument from consequences. My father-in-law is fond of saying "they want you to think that we came from pond scum!" - which is informative, I suppose, with regards to his internal workings - but as a statement, it falls flat. <snip>
Evolution, and further the abandonment of some special spot in a creative moment demeans them somehow, generally, is my experience. They probably had shitty science teachers.
I think you hit on something important here. The reason Galileo got in trouble was not so much that his theory contradicted the Bible, but that it suggested humans weren't the center of the universe. Being only one animal among many instead of created "in the image of God" is the real problem Fundies have with evolution. It deflates their sense of self-importance.
Though why pond scum is worse than dust, I cannot say.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
