The image above appeared on the blog Friendly Atheist. It makes a number of points – not least of which is that the dishonesty and special pleading of young-earth creationists makes them a subject of deserved mockery.
But it also engages in some sleight of hand itself. Creationists – meaning anyone who believes in a Creator – believe that “God did it,” but most do not for that reason deny evolution. They recognize that the same dots which, viewed from a scientific perspective, clearly indicate that evolution occurred, are not incompatible with the conviction that all natural processes are ultimately the result of divine creative activity.
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