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A couple items on religion today.

As I’ve said, there is someone who signs themselves AMV posting in a FB newgroup I’m following who has been tackling religious talking points with great clarity and insight. Here’s one from this morning, accompanied by the above graphic.

FB, Atheists Against Pseudoscientific Nonsense, 3 Jan 2026

Evolution is not harshly attacked by many Christians because of pride or misunderstanding alone, but because of what it logically entails. If evolution is true, and the evidence is overwhelming, then humanity did not begin with two individuals, but with a population. No first man and woman means no literal Adam and Eve. No Adam and Eve means no Garden of Eden, no magical tree, no talking serpent, no forbidden fruit, and no fall from grace.

And without original sin, the entire theological scaffolding collapses. If humans were never “fallen,” then there is nothing to redeem, no cosmic debt to pay, and no necessity for Jesus as a sacrificial solution. Christianity, as traditionally taught, stops being a story of salvation and becomes a story built on a myth that no longer holds.

That is why evolution is existentially threatening to the doctrine. Accepting it requires either radically reinterpreting scripture or admitting that foundational claims were symbolic at best and wrong at worst. This is not merely an emotional issue for believers; it is an institutional one. If the core narrative fails, so does the authority built on it. For pastors and religious institutions, this is not abstract philosophy, it is the risk of losing legitimacy, influence, and income; the grift is over.

So the rejection of evolution is not really about “humans coming from monkeys,” a strawman no biologist supports, and hurt egos. It is about preserving a story that cannot survive contact with population genetics, fossil records, and basic biology. When a belief system depends on denying reality to remain intact, the problem is not the science.

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