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Scribbles · 36-40, F
I Usually hit a person with examples of micro evolution of plants and animals that are easily observable and well known that people cannot deny. Then I take them somewhere with extensive fossil and skeleton records and show them what people have unearthed. A famous example is the Plobelesodon: an intermediate between reptiles and mammals.
From there people general either accept that maybe the creation story they were told maybe isn't entirely literal. They usually feel rather shaky and immediately want the comfort of a pastor or priest saying that the evidence is all wrong.
Some others double down and start making wild assumptions that God or Satan scattered fossils and bones around for fun or to trip us up. And we should still believe that the earth is less then 10000 years old.
Then some seem to make evolution and their faith make sense together.
From there people general either accept that maybe the creation story they were told maybe isn't entirely literal. They usually feel rather shaky and immediately want the comfort of a pastor or priest saying that the evidence is all wrong.
Some others double down and start making wild assumptions that God or Satan scattered fossils and bones around for fun or to trip us up. And we should still believe that the earth is less then 10000 years old.
Then some seem to make evolution and their faith make sense together.
@Scribbles if I may interject here a little bit, I feel your first example about some folding when you start asking them questions. If they're on shaky ground that tells me they're not sure about what they believe and they have not studied the word so they're a little shaky when people ask them questions. This is why it's not only important to know what you believe, but more importantly, why you believe it. Then you're on solid ground and cannot be influenced by every wind of doctrine.