The price of siding with Truth 

Full disclosure: 

I’m a Christian who believes in the theory of evolution. God using evolution to create humans fits His character, plus it fits the evidence better than Young Earth Creationism or Natural Selection. 

But if you are a creationist, I have no beef with you.  

However… 

I hope you have better arguments to back you up than this. 

Overheard recently, someone was talking about all the reasons they think creationism is the Truth. 

Their mate pointed out a… uh… “flaw” in evolution: 

“If life evolves from rocks, then why isn’t their life on Mars?” 

Instead of the first guy appreciating the spirit of his argument but calling it brain damaged to the point of physical pain, he said that was a great point. 

No. 

No, that’s a terrible point. 

Saying “life can evolve from rocks under certain conditions” is a plausible (if simplistically worded) claim. Saying it evolves from every rock in the universe is different, wrong and something no one suggests. That’s such a ridiculous category error that no one would make in any other context: 

“People can build skyscrapers!” 

“What, so you’re saying that EVERYONE can ONLY build skyscrapers?! How ridiculous!” 

Being right isn’t enough. 

Siding with the Truth isn’t enough.  

You can’t use bad arguments to defend your position and you can’t accept it when lunatics happen to be on your side. 

Just because someone is on the right side, that doesn’t make them a Good and skilled soldier. Incompetent allies can be worse than talented enemies. 

Unrelated: 

If you care about Truth, Goodness and Beauty, then you’ll want to check this out: 

https://christianhypnotism.com/ysiay

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