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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
To a), I have to point out that a lot of atheists were born into religious upbringings and might have been fundamentalist believers before later becoming atheists. There are definitely people who can and will listen to reason and - with enough exposure to the evidence - may re-evaluate their position.
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I understand what you are getting at, but just to clarify- are you suggesting that being religious and being a creationist go hand in hand?
As Bill Nye points out in his intro, a majority of religious people reject the new earth viewpoint of Ken Ham, and accept the incredible evidence pointing to an old earth and the natural processes that brought about life on earth.
The revelation that evolutionary science has the most accurate explanation of origins should not change one's view of religion. That should be an entirely different area of personal study and reflection.
The goal of a proper scientist in a debate or conversation on origins isn't to make people atheists- it is to show them that science clearly proves the biblical account of creation to be false and the modern scientific explanation of origins to be the most valid.