Evolved Rationalist shares a story from a Young Earth Creationist, James, who changed his ways.
James now believes in theistic evolution.
You don’t have to agree with James’ current views, either — I don’t — but the way he made the switch indicates that we atheists shouldn’t keep our mouths shut when it comes to religion. Don’t be afraid to ask religious fundamentalists about their beliefs. Make them defend their views.
Then it came, when [I] was about eight years old I first watched the Kent Hovind videos, the worst mistake in my life. His statements against evolution and the like stirred up a hatred for science in me. Suddenly I was sensitized of the problem of evolution and galvanized into action.
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… Finally I came to the conclusion; against all odds I was going to be an astronaut. Instantly everything changed. I started to love science, mathematics, and technology. I got way better at math and science and entered a new age. A wonderful age, the age of reason. Now in my research (not in school being that I was homeschooled) I often heard “this rock is 3.5 billion years old,” or “the universe is estimated to be 13.7 billion years old” I gradually became used to it…
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In the summer of 2006 my faith was punched in the stomach by a crisis of faith…
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When I left spacecamp I was rather shaken up… Finally sometime in July 2007 I was in serious doubts about YE creationism. To the point where I was ready to give up…
The whole story fill in the gaps.
Unlike anything Creationism has ever offered.
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