Big time. Once you train yourself to ignore facts and to deny irrational conclusions, it's possible to believe the most amazing things. The bliss which comes with the abandonment of reason surpasses all understanding.
"Happiness is a no-brainer."
Yup, once you make up your mind that man arose from pond scum it is easy to believe any moronic thing such as that you can create by destroying (natural selection) and that through some sort of abracadabra shazam you can get a new species. Hey, the charlatan Darwin said so, so it must be true.