A new creationist motivational poster

Posted On Sep 25, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Creationists: I'm right, you're wrong. la-la-la-la-la-la- I can't hear you!

Creationist Creationism motivational poster
Creationists Motivational Poster (click to enlarge)

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Scott Klarr Nov 21, 2008

You are absolutely right that everybody is like this for all sorts ideologies in life. Preconceived bias dies hard and nobody is 100% free of it including myself (although I try very hard to overcome it in light of logic). People often do this more with opinions (e.g. favorite sports team or political ideology) than with logical conclusions though; Because of that, the reason why I think this behavior is very profound - and worth ridicule - in creationists is because the opposing evidence towers over them in all directions, yet they just willfully and ignorantly shut themselves off from it as though they are wearing a mental blindfold.

When I am interacting with a creationist - well, anybody really - I do act mature and restrain from pre-judging. However, I do allow myself have some less-mature fun like playing off generalized stereotypes when I'm not directly interacting with others, such as in my blog posts (think of many comedians who do racist jokes; they may be immature and offensive, but its all in good fun and doesn't always represent how the comedian is in person).

The people who look at this and think "My God, this proves those atheists really are vile people!" are going to be very the type of people who will believe that no matter what. It doesn't matter if this post is an immature poke at creationists or if it's the most profoundly intelligent and ground-breaking article ever written, they are going to hold onto what they believe and only pay attention to things that reinforce their current ideology.

I won't pretend to be someone I'm not, especially on my own website, in a vain attempt to convince anti-atheists that we really are not baby-eating monsters. :)

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Terry Dec 03, 2008

Childish

Paul's Avatar

Paul Dec 04, 2008

But true

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