Original sin, creationism and the ultimate con.

I used to wonder about creationists. I used to wonder if these people are really that dumb. I used to think that the constant repeats of dated and dead arguements were maybe a result of some retarding of intelegence. That the dogma is so ingrained in these people that they could not see the truth. That dispite the evidence of our species origin, they deny its very existance. Are they that stupid? Sadly, the majority of them are. They swallow these so called "arguements" and repeat them ad nauseam. But the people behind these arguements. Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron, Jack Chick, Kent Hovind. They seem to put a lot of time and effort to create these wild claims and arguements. Such creativity, such boldness. Yet people mock them like their flocks for their lack of intelegence. I too numbered among them. Mocking them for the dumbasses they appeared to be. Yes, "appeared". There is a reason they hold on to this story. There is a certain plot point in the creation story which they rely on. Like the winfixer program, it creates a problem and ropes you in to buy the cure. In the Begining, God created the Heaven and the Earth. He creates Adam, Eve and the plants and animals of the world and tells Adam and Eve to eat what they wish except the fruit of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil. A serpent talks them into it, they eat and God gets pissed at this transgretion. He curses humanity for this "Original Sin" and so he has to send people to Hell for unending pain. But 4000 years later, he sends his own son to die on a cross like a common criminal to pay for this sin so people can be forgiven, all they need do is beleive. A nice story. All you have to do is admit you're a sinner because of the actions of an ancestor you'e never met commited a deed long before you were born and you're expected to be punished unless you beleive a guy who was nailed to a piece of wood died and came back to life 3 days after who then flew into the sky. You can also show support by preaching this message to those around you, buying materials, bibles and other things for this holy crusade. You want to go to heaven? Do what we tell you, say what we want you to say, beleve what we want you to beleive, think what we want you to think. Oh and don't be stingy when the collection plate comes your way. So why do they deny evolution. If man is decended from less complex species, there couldn't have been an Adam or an Eve, therefore there is no original sin. And if there is no original sin, there is no need to be forgiven. No need to be forgiven, no need to serve these all too real human masters hiding behind their invisible tyrant.

A 2000 year old con in a 4.7 billion year old world. Dispite this relativly short time, it's been going long enough.