re: #88 Locker

It seems that creationism is defended so heavily because it is a main pillar in the argument that the bible is the true and literal word of god and everything in it is true and accurate. Besides, if they give up on creationism and the whole literal argument path, how will they support the hatred of gay people?

It’s less to do with hatred of gay people than that these folks have a twisted belief that the Bible must be 100% accurate, true, and factual. If, for some reason, the Bible is not that, they fear that their faith will not be justified.

Literalism is a very twisted belief system, IMHO. It comes out of the protestant traditions brought over to America starting in the 17th Century. It was expanded upon during the Great Awakenings afterward. If you’ll note, all of this tends to come from evangelical churches that base their belief on the Bible and believe that belief alone is good enough for salvation. As splits have occurred, this has also become a mainstay of nondenomination churches as well. It is not a core belief in the Catholic Church or in any of the Orthodox Churches, or most other churches that believe that one must have faith as well as performing good works.