The Creationist Hypocrisy

 Arguments for a deity (argument from morality, design, ontology, first cause, etc.) make the same leap in logic that creationist commonly lambast their strawman of evolution of having, the missing link. As creationists claim that there should be a link between apes and man in evolution, there is a solid link missing between the need for an explanation the arguments impose (the ontolological argument slightly different, where the reasoning as to why a deity is superior instead of raw potential or a cosmic stem cell encompassing all that's existing such as a deity) to the existence of not only a deity when only a force that does the thing is required (like how gravity and electromagnetism exist) but their specific theology, including not only a deity but also legions of angels and demons fighting a war over mankind and a code of ethics that just happen to exist now because of the supreme deity's ultimate wisdom. It's analogous to calling an exterminator on a housefly.

Sadly this only refers to the hardcore Christians (and occasional Muslims and Hindus) who deny scoence because it contradicts the book, so for more moderate religious people, I can only point out how they're adding details like spirituality instead of simply observing the world (even weird stuff can simply be secular weird science instead of explicit divinity).

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