Posted: Apr 27, 2015 9:54 pm
by Chris Putnam
Thank you THWOTH. You response was noteworthy. If a PH D creationist presents a compelling case, and there are PH Ds out there with such religious view, laymen such as myself, and possilbly the young man in question, have to work out who they believe is presenting the best case. I have seen debates on this topic. Unfortunately emotions can take over leading the debate into degrading coments from one side to the other. It has happened on this forum. I bow out of participation at that point because it is impossible make progress. And this hard empirical evidence is not easy for some people to grasp. Espescially when "Scholars" disagree. I'll bet that if someone went to the school the young boy in my account above attended you would find teachers unwilling to discuss the topic for fear of "offending others". People are not persuaded by the "facts" because they don't understand the "facts". These "facts" are complicated for interested laymen.

This discussion has been interesting. Thank you.