I think it is something else, not intellectual, but emotional. They want to avoid shame.
If you say you believe in the creation account of Genesis nowadays, the world will mock you for it, and for those that are of the world, and value the praise of the world more than the praise of God, they will feel foolish and ashamed because of that mockery. So, only those who are able to put aside their worldly pride are going to want to endure that.
I believe that Jesus had something to say about that: Luke 9:26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.