I agree, Creationists are hilarious. But Relieon could be our undoing as a species. I've said for years, that were it not for "The Dark Ages" we would today be colonizing Space. We wouldn't be in this mess we're in.
Just one example of how powerfull (and WRONG) Religeous Experts can be very wrong - In the 18th century The Church had decreed that all implements used to till the soil must be manufactured of wood; metallic objects would poison the soil, and we wouldn't want THAT to happen. As a result, Carpenters made a good living making plow shares. But then an eccentric "Gentleman Farmer" invented a cast iron plowshare. It worked so well that it was modified into a steel version that could be sharpened. The "Gentleman Farmer" faced charges of Witchcraft; he was an eccentric, after all. But logic overcame superstition and the business of Farming was changed forever. BTW, you may have heard the name of the eccentric Farmer, it came to prominence a few centuries later. His name was Jethro Tull.
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