https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/14/losing-millers-god/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:55:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/14/losing-millers-god/#comment-534273 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:55:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/14/losing-millers-god/#comment-534273 The degree to which the human mind can rationalize a belief in the face of contrary evidence can be truly amazing. I once asked someone how it is that he can believe in creationism and a young earth despite the good evidence supporting evolution and a very old universe and Earth. His answer was that God had created a world in a short amount of time and yet purposefully made it appear to look much older, creating the entire fossil record in an instant. I was astounded by this mental device: he had built himself an escape clause that would allow him to disregard out of hand any evidence contrary to his belief.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/14/losing-millers-god/#comment-534272 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:56:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/14/losing-millers-god/#comment-534272 The last paragraph of Berkshire’s piece says it all.

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