I have been following (& criticizing) the anti-evolution movement since the '90s. What few people know is that, while 40% of adult Americans claim to deny evolution (and most probably also common descent), only 10-20% are young-earthers (& ~1% flat earthers). But deniers - and peddlers of denial who know they're lying - are totally confu…
I have been following (& criticizing) the anti-evolution movement since the '90s. What few people know is that, while 40% of adult Americans claim to deny evolution (and most probably also common descent), only 10-20% are young-earthers (& ~1% flat earthers). But deniers - and peddlers of denial who know they're lying - are totally confused among themselves about what the "true" origins account is, and whether it's truly supported by "evidence" (always cherry picked of course) or, as in your example, must be "taken on faith" despite no evidence. That's actually called "Omphalos creationism." But the big scam that seeks to unite all deniers under a "big tent," where the rule is "don't ask, don't tell what happened when," is called "intelligent design." That was smacked down in a 2005 trial in Dover PA, by a Christian conservative judge, no less. But the activists, rabid authoritarians now mostly in the MAGA cult, keep on lying to fool the "masses." Since climate change, vaccination, etc. have become the obsession of anti-science activists - and the media - anti-evolution scams have been under the radar lately.
I have been following (& criticizing) the anti-evolution movement since the '90s. What few people know is that, while 40% of adult Americans claim to deny evolution (and most probably also common descent), only 10-20% are young-earthers (& ~1% flat earthers). But deniers - and peddlers of denial who know they're lying - are totally confused among themselves about what the "true" origins account is, and whether it's truly supported by "evidence" (always cherry picked of course) or, as in your example, must be "taken on faith" despite no evidence. That's actually called "Omphalos creationism." But the big scam that seeks to unite all deniers under a "big tent," where the rule is "don't ask, don't tell what happened when," is called "intelligent design." That was smacked down in a 2005 trial in Dover PA, by a Christian conservative judge, no less. But the activists, rabid authoritarians now mostly in the MAGA cult, keep on lying to fool the "masses." Since climate change, vaccination, etc. have become the obsession of anti-science activists - and the media - anti-evolution scams have been under the radar lately.