[jennyp]

What is it that makes them behave this way? I hypothesise that they conflate their belief in biblical innerrancy with their own lives and behavior. If they are shown to be wrong about anything then that threatens their religion. So confronted with their error they go into denial. "I speak for Christ therefore what I say must be true"

I think you may be on to something there. I've tried to argue many times that creationists think that if they give an inch, the masses will suddenly lose any reason to continue to act morally, and society will collapse. But some of the behavior I see here goes even deeper than that. For many creationists there's got to be something more psychological than philosophical going on.

[PatrickHenry]

For many creationists there's got to be something more psychological than philosophical going on.

It's been a puzzlement for many of us. What could possibly reduce an essentially good person to behaving the way they do? I think I know, but it wouldn't be very tactful to post it, and it wouldn't change things anyway.