(July 6, 2015 at 11:19 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: ...
I believe Creationists can be very good people, but as far as their intelligence goes... well, I do question the intelligence of someone who believes in the literal interpretation of Genesis and rejects all evidence of evolution, the Earth's age, etc. I wouldn't hold it against them in terms of their character, though. Just intelligence.
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I don't see it as any more silly than believing that the bread and wine in the Eucharist ceremony literally turns into the body and blood of Jesus, which is the official doctrine of the Catholic Church to this day. The magic is called "transubstantiation."
Also, most creationists have been indoctrinated into their beliefs the same as you were indoctrinated into yours, and the typical creationist does not look at evolutionary theory closely because it is viewed as an evil doctrine. In other words, although the evidence is there, they do not look at the evidence, and so they are not convinced (how could they be convinced by evidence that they do not look at?). If people do not look at the evidence, then they do not have the evidence themselves from which to judge the matter. It is the same as when someone refuses to look at reasoning for why "faith" is bad, and so they never come to the conclusion that having faith is immoral.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
