[swatcoder]

I mean, answering your question seems to be exactly the point of the book.

If one were take you as genuinely curious about how people might convince themselves of a belief that seems entirely alien and implausible to you, the next step would probably be to earnestly read the book with the credit of good faith in its authors.

I think we can take for granted that doing so would not persuade you of very much, but it might inform you, so that you're no longer so "mind blown".

[f30e3dfed1c9]

> read the book with the credit of good faith in its authors

Presuming good faith on the part of creationists is a sucker's bet.

[Egret]

I hope you are aware that the sustainable scientific enterprise we all appreciate today was birthed by Christian Europe, and relied on the faith that the universe was understandable because it was created by a rational being.

[f30e3dfed1c9]

Not to the point, which, again, is that relying on the good faith of creationists is a sucker's bet.

[andsoitis]

The Catholic Church follows the scientific consensus that the Earth is billions of years old.

[Egret]

Thanks for that comment. A very important point. Worldviews condition how we interpret evidence. In that sense they can be self reinforcing. This applies to all worldviews- atheistic, Christian, and others.