u/LowIll9415

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So we recently talked about something and he then stated, just casually, that he didn't believe in evolution. I asked him why and he said he thinks the bible is right in everything it says. I went on to tell him that there is hundreds of thousands of proofs for it (samples of old species) and he said that there could be "errors" in the measurements. I went on to pretty much name every single type of proof to him and that the bible isn't right just because some people with a little intellect and manipulational abilities managed to write a book. He replied that he thinks evolution theory is a scientifical error.

However, after naming him every proof of evolution I know of and telling him that the bible is a sexist, patriarchal, and radical book, he said that that was just interpretations. I am speechless of how you can literally deny science because of a book, know every page of this book like a priest, but when told about downsides, it's just interpretations. He was contradicting himself as he firstly tried to tell me that earth was only 6000 years old, then went on to say that that is a statement about humanity. Both of that is wrong, there is proof that it's wrong, and he always talked about "logical gaps" in the evolution theory and that the bible makes more sense. I asked him which ones he means, he then, after around a minute of thinking, told me: "How was life created from nothing?"

I told him about that because I read a book about the origins of life a few months ago and he told me "Ok, but there's still other gaps." It's important to clarify something he doesn't know, but he couldn't name any single more gaps, just "I'm sure there's more."

Then, he denied the Big Bang Theory, which is, in fact, very easy to verify: Look at the cosmic microwave background. But, it's mostly about him thinking that a god formed humans from nothing. I tried to debunk all of his claims by telling him that these gaps aren't there, that there's safety in numbers (an error in so many tests is extremely unlikely), and that it's dangerous to deny science because that quickly leads one into extremist groups.

All in all, I managed to convince him to switch perspectives to trying to think of "What if my beliefs aren't correct?" and to make him a little sceptical of his worldview, and I believe I did that.

I also do think that thoughts like these are so often because of religion and lead to extremist groups forming. So many wars are just because of religions and we don't need to accept everything some book says that was written as a substitute for science.

I just wanted to tell a story, peace out