What my decade long foray into the creation-evolution debate taught me about the human condition (and how it applies today) – Part 1: Overview
This is the first in a series of posts intended to share insights I learned about how people end up believing the things they do. It feels like a good topic to discuss, given all what happened in 2020, and the information overload we are exposed to and the large number of voices competing for attention, clicks, followers, influence and even power. You might think as you read on, that this is about the creation-evolution debate, but it really isn't. This debate is how I learned what I did, but I have no intent to defend one side or the other, nor persuade readers towards a particular position in this debate. A few recent circumstances got me reminiscing about a period of time in my life when I chased the tireless rabbit of the modern creation-evolution debate. One was the unfortunate death of a former college student of mine to COVID-19. It got me thinking of my time as a college professor, and the memories I had of not only this student, but some of my favorite moments as a pr