Creation/evolution3

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You know those arguments where a little child tries to argue with an older person? And the little kid just believes this strange thing for what seems like no particular reason reason? And the child is really serious about this argument?
"Johnny, who told you that everyone is secretly an alien?"
"Well, they all have faces, Mommy. Plus, my friend Grord told me."
"Sweetie-"
"I'M NOT LISTENING! LALALA!"

Reminds me of this argument.

That is exactly how most discussions go with theists on here. And indeed, everywhere. The problem is, in my opinion, that the reasons people "believe" are often emotional. They feel that it is true. This is most likely due to being in environment saturated with other people constantly saying it is true, or misinterpretation of "personal experiences", linking them to mythology already planted in their brain.

When you have come to a belief by emotion means, the logic and evidence aren't important to you. So you can just make up any rationalization you want, and it doesn't matter, even to you, whether it makes sense or checks out logically. And no logical argument will dislodge an emotionally held belief. The rationalizations just keep coming, but these "reasons" are not the real ones the belief is held.

I suppose all we can do as sceptics is to point how how thoroughly unreliable emotions are as a source of truth, and get people to think about what is important to them. Does it matter more that your beliefs are comfortable, or that they are true? The refusal of most theists to in any way objectively view their holy books gives me the answer to that.