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So if God isn't trying to trick you, or any of the scientists who have discovered evidence of speciation in our genetic code and the fossils of our ancestors, then speciation must have occurred. If speciation did not occur, then God must be trying to trick you.

This argument also holds true for Young Earth Creationists. Evidence shows that light travels at a certain speed. Redshift in the light from distant stars indicates that many are millions of light years away. In order to reconcile this evidence with a young Earth and Universe, YEC's have reasoned that God created the light from these stars IN TRANSIT. God wanted you to know that these stars were there, and how far away they are, and if it meant tricking you into believing the Universe is older than it actually is, so be it. So in order to be a YEC, you must believe in a Deceiver God.

Now, I'll admit that the evidence for an old Universe is significantly easier to understand, and the implications to your wold outlook are smaller (I am NOT an APE!), but the fact remains that in either case, the only way to reconcile the evidence is to believe in a God that worked hard at the time of creation to trick you into thinking that evolution was real. You can twist science into a giant test of faith if you want, but what motive would God possibly have to test our faith to that degree? Why would God spend so much effort planting evidence AGAINST His direct involvement in our formation as a species?

After reading articles on different creationist websites, they make way more sense to me. I have no idea how old the earth is but I don't think the Bible says how old the earth is. I'm not sure why that matters in the grand scheme of things anyway. I think science has embraced evolution to the exclusion of being open-minded as to evidence - their minds are made up that anything and everything they discover will reinforce evolution. Same thing you all accuse creationists of doing. Just because more scientists say (whether they really believe it or not) they accept evolution doesn't mean to me that they are right. And as we all know, any scientist who dares speak out against evolution is immediately punished. I'm sure you've read the examples on here. So until evolutionists are willing to have an honest and open debate with others, I will see it as a religion being stuffed down the throats of America students.