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dence I systematically ignored or
explained away, just because it
didn’t match creation science.
Bill Nye may not understand
just how difficult it is for people
who were raised like me to abandon creationism. Creationism
isn’t just one belief; it’s a system
of beliefs and theories that all
support each other. We believed
that unless we could maintain
confidence in special creation, a
young planet, a global flood, and
the Tower of Babel, we’d be left
without any basis for maintain-
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MACMILLAN
ing our faith.
This false dichotomy makes
creationism strong. As long as
people think the foundation of
their religious faith depends on
denial of science, it takes incredible energy to make them question the simple explanations given by the creationist movement.
Ken Ham claims creation science
keeps people from abandoning
Christianity, but it usually works
in the opposite direction.
Learning the history of creationism freed me to examine
the evidence for evolution. I
wouldn’t claim to know everything about the Bible, but I do
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Bill Nye
speaks on
stage at “Hub
Network’s
First Annual
Halloween
Bash” on Oct.
20, 2013, at
the Barker
Hanger
in Santa
Monica, Calif.