[Ichneumon]

Supposedly learned individuals put out this drivel

It's not drivel, it's based on the actual evidence, unlike your desperate attempts at empty ridicule as a substitute for actual analysis.

and then other supposedly learned individuals soak it up like sponges...

Because it best fits the totality of the evidence and makes predictions which are subsequently validated. That's that "science" thing you must have heard about.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Give a scientist a fish and he'll figure out where it came from.

Give a creationist a fish and he'll say you made it up.