Any a' ya' poozers ever take a look at Young Earth Creationism? That's a blanket term fer people who think th' universe wuz created by some divine force or bein' much more recently than its estimated 13-and-a-half billion year age.
Kilomin wuz raised that way. He started learnin' about th' science behind th' big bang 'n evolution in his early 20s, cuz it's fascinatin' an' really cool! But lemme tell ya, once ya' know th' actual scientific evidence, all th' various Young Earth Creationism ideas seem no less ridiculous than this classic silver age explanation!
Here in th' US YECs tend ta' be evangelical Christians followin' con-men like Ken Ham or Ray Comfort, but there's actually a whole lotta YEC myths, mostly found in fundamentalist sects a' various religions. Some a' 'em seem really wild ta' folks raised in US culture, but from an evidence-based standpoint they're all pretty identically ridiculous! They're kinda fun ta' read about, though!
(Image from "Detective Comics" Vol. 1 #340 by #JohnBroome, #SheldonMoldoff, #JoeGiella, and #GasparSaladino)
(Image is captioned "Creationism gets weirder all the time, from Detective Comics #340, June 1965". Three panels are pictured. The first shows the ocean. A caption reads, "How can I manage this feat, you wonder? Know then that life on Earth begin in its seas, two billion years ago when complex organic molecules were built under the bombardment of solar and radioactive agencies." The second panel shows an early lizard-like being crawling out of the ocean onto land. A caption reads, "These were the first stepping-stones of life, which gradually built up into more complex life-forms such as the first creatures that crawled out upon the land." The final panel shows a golden bowl filled with sand, within which is a glowing golden bead. The caption reads, "The keystone of this prehistoric life-form was a nucleic acid-molecule-- capable of reproducing itself. The missing factor which created such a molecule is a golden bead imbued with a mysterious life radiation...")
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