The Creationist Museum

[LittleWaySoul]

[quote name='Ice_nine' timestamp='1339991089' post='2445680']
In my younger days for a brief time, I was a fundamentalist/creationist/didgeridoo. Embarrassing few years that was. Whoops. I understand how people can believe this. Their (fallacious) understanding of the function of Scripture is fundamental (or tantamount, that's a fancy word, hope I'm using it right!) to their believe in God. If the Bible (or their understanding of it) is undermined, the very existence of God is thrown into a panicked doubt. Unwilling to relent their belief in God (for which there are many solid reasons, non-ridiculous reasons) they cling to the Bible to the point where it defies common sense.
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This is exactly what I've found as well. I've met people who cannot understand my believe in God without taking Genesis literally.