Where in my post did I say or imply that the people you describe were not real?
I wasn't saying anything about the people who believe this, aside from the fact that no, they aren't some kind of Great Person From A Lost Era because they espouse, not a "strange belief", but a patently false one based on a literalist interpretation of the Bible that didn't even exist until the mid-19th century.
I was saying that your statements—that they were somehow able to "focus more of their brainpower" toward acting well toward their neighbours just because they denied science, and that the Bible was a better source of advice on how to treat people well than modern science is—are bullshit.
I'm perfectly willing to believe that there are YECs who act like perfectly nice people toward other men who look and talk like them. But that's not what you were claiming.
Where in my post did I say or imply that the people you describe were not real?
I wasn't saying anything about the people who believe this, aside from the fact that no, they aren't some kind of Great Person From A Lost Era because they espouse, not a "strange belief", but a patently false one based on a literalist interpretation of the Bible that didn't even exist until the mid-19th century.
I was saying that your statements—that they were somehow able to "focus more of their brainpower" toward acting well toward their neighbours just because they denied science, and that the Bible was a better source of advice on how to treat people well than modern science is—are bullshit.
I'm perfectly willing to believe that there are YECs who act like perfectly nice people toward other men who look and talk like them. But that's not what you were claiming.