Maybe pagans are that dumb, but most informed christians realize the truth, that a lot of the early Bible is allegorical in nature. There was a time in which the Church nearly put to death Galileo, one of the greatest intellects in history for saying the obvious, that the Earth revolved around the sun. You have to understand that if YOU had been alive at that time, with your mindset, you would have joined the clamor to hang this man for stating the obvious, as your are essentially doing now.
A Hoax? who was responsible for the Hoax (Darwin was a devout Christian)
Why do some people have a problem with beliving that God and evolution can exist side by side with no issues?
Gravity is a theory do we start to deny it exists.