Well put, OneVike. Many of the evolution believers simply think that us doubters are nothing more than simpletons, like the caricature of the village idiot you see in an old movie. Myself, I grew up believing the evolution stories, I was always interested in science and I went to gifted schools and took AP science courses in high school, and engineering physics classes in college even though they weren’t a requirement for me. I got a perfect score in the science section of my ACT as well. I didn’t just decide one day to ignore everything I had been taught and believed for over 20 years without any reasoning.
When I became a Christian, I struggled with this issue for some time before I was forced to come to the conclusions that I hold know. I didn’t just open the Bible one day and say, “hey this 6,000 years business is a lot simpler than what scientists teach, I’m going to run with it!” No, I was led by the Lord to the truth of the matter, slowly but surely. Evolution is an affront to reason, and the only way that they are able to maintain the illusion that it is not, is by obscuring the gaping holes in their theory from the public. Every few months, their lapdogs like National Geographic will trot out a sensational story about a fossil, some circular reasoning-based genetic study, or a whimsical theory built on total speculation. All of this is simply to distract the masses from ever noticing the fundamental, irreconcilable problems that have existed with their theory since Darwin put his pen to paper.
Yet, the theory will continue to be accepted with little skepticism because it tells people what they want to hear. There is no God, you are not accountable to any higher power, so do as you please, as long as you don’t break the law (or get caught). Meanwhile, no matter how high they build their house of cards, they cannot wish away the existence of God, or the evidence of Him which exists, even in our own hearts. We who are blessed to have had our eyes opened can take solace in the fact that God has told us that He allows this folly to continue for it serves His purposes, not because it serves the selfish lusts of mankind.
Interesting. I enrolled in FSU's Engineering Physics program many years ago but it only lasted a couple of years. I have never seen another college with an Engineering Physics program. Were you in the FSU program?