Yahoo Answers Reply: "Why do so many people attack Darwin and evolution?"

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My answer:

"For most people, their day-to-day lives are heavily invested in trust relationships with those around them. These trust relationships often include rules and norms such as who may have sex with each other, who provides food or resources to each other, and what may each person do. These norms and rules are often derived from or derive power from one's religious beliefs.

Because these beliefs are so influential on people's lives and the belief system is tied into enforcement of these (costly) rules, surety of the correctness of the whole belief system is critical to maintaining these peoples' way of life.

Most religions are currently written religions where there is no/little area for reinterpretation and comparison--on a logical level--is simple. These religions were generally written and/or conceived of during a period of human understanding that did not include the ideas of evolution nor practical, recent knowledge of the biological relationships between humans and other species. Therefore, most religions have embedded in them the idea that humans are inherently and categorically distinct from the rest of the living world.

So, the reason why many people attack Darwin and evolution is that the principles and implications of Darwinian evolution-specifically the relationship between humans and the rest of living creatures and the implication of self-governing, complexity-producing process over a much longer period of time than their religion infers--challenges some elements of their belief system. This challenge puts their way of life at risk because it risks others not following otherwise costly rules and changing their ability to trust, find/keep mates, gain support/resources, etc. This paradigm also explains why people who are more self-sufficient and independent of religiously-driven social environments are more willing to consider Darwinian evolution on face value.

So, good luck with that, eh?"