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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

All young Earth creationist should be exiled to a remote desert island to die

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was a YEC before going to university. I studied geology. After two years, I accepted that evolution happened. After four years, I was an atheist. I went on to get a doctorate, and I have published quite a few papers about rocks that are >2 billion years old.

As a kid, there were literally 0 authority figures in my life that accepted that evolution happened. It was taken as a given that it was ridiculous. My biology teacher skipped the chapter on evolution, saying, “this is controversial.”

Patience, love, and making critical information available gives kids like I was a chance.

[–] dch82@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My biology teacher skipped the chapter on evolution, saying, “this is controversial.”

How was that legal?

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Private school, Mississippi.

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is quite a journey! I hope that it wasn't too fraught (learning shouldn't have to be). Well done on making good of it!

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

An existential crisis is an important part of growing up.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Two islands, divide them by sex. If you don't, they will eventually overpopulate and start colonizing places like they've been in the last 1000 years.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Too risky. What if u misgender one accidentially? Put each on a separate island. Or into a sealed barrel and just into the ocean.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

Should we start building a big wooden boat for them?

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

There's just no way that they could ever be anything but a drain to society