Of course, that nonsense about *driving people away from Christ* is just that nonsense.
Several huge flaws exist in his statement.
One is that he is talking to people who have rejected Christianity and aren’t Christians and such people are always looking for excuses to reject Christianity. Such people have a bone to pick with God and are willing to blame ANYTHING or ANYONE for their reason to reject God.
Another thing is, it’s all just his say so. If he’s depending on memory, that’s known to be unreliable in anyone. I would not consider that he’s actually kept tally, unless he’s a compulsive God hater, looking to keep score.
The other thing is, the sample from which he’s taking his statements. I seriously doubt that he’s ever interviewed, or even encountered, anyone yu run into in your daily life. Unless those people you meet know you as GGG and have told him face to face that they know you and that your stand on creation is what has driven them from Christ, then he offers nothing but, well, unsubstantiated drivel.
If, in fact, he’s conversed with someone who is aware of you via the internet, then the only population left who knows who you are, knows you as GGG. That would be the people on this forum. The only ones that would qualify as having been *driven from Christ* would no doubt be the evos, as the creationists would not have accused you of *driving them away from Christ*. Now there’s a real unbiased sample for you. His sample is necessarily badly skewed.
So this whole exercise on DN’s in providing corroborating evidence to an unsubstantiated comment is, as my teenaged daughter likes to put it..... EPIC FAIL.
The subject in question fits a stereotype perfectly - the interviews I had dealt with that various stereotypes plus the study took place a few years back.
Now if you only put half as much effort into understanding science as you do into insulting others and spreading rumors.