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Unbelievers Riding the Bandwagon

As biblical creationists, we want to be able to share the truth of creation, help equip Christians, and to ultimately share the gospel message. There is clearly abundant evidence refuting evolution and affirming special creation. We also provide evidence for the Genesis Flood. Why do unbelievers reject the truth?

Evidence is abundant refuting evolution and supporting special creation. As creationists, we try to share it but wonder why unbelievers will not listen.
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There are many reasons. I have long maintained that they reject the truth because they do not want it, preferring instead to embrace materialism as well as justify their rebellion against God. Also, they are under the control of their master down below (1 Cor. 2:14, 2 Cor. 4:4, John 8:44), which supports the idea that it is a spiritual matter and not about evidence. Remember, it is not our job to save anyone, and not every discussion will lead to a commitment to Jesus Christ. We do our parts and leave the rest up to the Holy Spirit.

Then there is the matter of pride. Atheists and other evolutionists want the approval of others, so they join in with derision and rejecting the evidence they pretend to desire. Most people accept evolution (as well as rejecting Christ, see Matt. 7:13-14), and folks want to appear smart. What would their friends say? It wouldn't do to hop off the bandwagon — at least, in their eyes.
We may discuss Y chromosomes that contain only a few thousand years’ worth of mutations, as expected from Noah. We may talk about a sedimentary rock layer deposited by a mud pulse that blanketed a whole continent at once, as expected from Noah’s Flood. Hundreds of similar superb science examples support Scripture. How do nature-only scientists treat these observations?

For the most part, they won’t even look at them.

A human behavioral trend called the bandwagon effect might play a role in this avoidance. The American Psychological Association’s online dictionary defines it as:
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