I grew up in a center/right Church with fundamentalist roots.

Growing up, I had always believed that literal Creation was the right way, and Evolutionists were corrupting science to fit their bias.

Now I’ve started to see more Evolutionist arguments against some of the scientific facts I was taught.

But that theology is so deeply engrained that my brain resists evolution.

I noticed that this impulse seems to be the strongest.

Sometimes, it feels like it is more important than even Jesus.

Do you know why that happens?

Is it because Creation has to fight against “those evolutionists” or something?

Edit: I know that Fundamentalists push for Biblical innerency, but from my experience, they seem to be pushing this specific issue above other parts.

I grew up Adventist, and even the Sabbath push wasn’t this strong.

  • Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    The original Christians viewed the Bible as allegory. This challenged the power of the Church, so they ethnically cleansed them. Then they pushed their literalist view point to keep their flock under their thumb. Literalists have been socially engineered to bend the knee. This makes it so there is an intermediary between god and Man.

    Tldr

    The church wants its flock to be child like.