monitoradiation
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So... Today while going through my shelf my best friend came across a book entitled "The short history of nearly everything" (which, by the way, is a tremendously good read ) and as I was suggesting for her to read it as I'd find it enjoyable, she asked me what it's about. I then told her that it's a description, in layman's terms, of quite literally the history of everything from bigbang to the world as it is today.
She then told me she doesn't know "what to think about the bigbang" because she's a creationist. That was quite surprising as she had always had an interest in paleontology and archeology. Now, I'm quite sure she's one of the types that just signed on to the creationist bandwagon without thinking it through as she was brought up christian. So I asked her if she literally believes in the genesis creation and that the Earth is 6000 years old. She didn't reply to any of those questions. I then changed subjects since I knew she was unwilling to have her beliefs challenged overtly and we had a good time after that.
We rarely talk about religious subjects but I want her to at least entertain the possibility that her belief system is bolsheviks and that her interest in archeology and the christian creation myth are pretty much mutually exclusive. I don't want to de-convert her, I want her to know and believe in as many true things as she can.
What should I do?
She then told me she doesn't know "what to think about the bigbang" because she's a creationist. That was quite surprising as she had always had an interest in paleontology and archeology. Now, I'm quite sure she's one of the types that just signed on to the creationist bandwagon without thinking it through as she was brought up christian. So I asked her if she literally believes in the genesis creation and that the Earth is 6000 years old. She didn't reply to any of those questions. I then changed subjects since I knew she was unwilling to have her beliefs challenged overtly and we had a good time after that.
We rarely talk about religious subjects but I want her to at least entertain the possibility that her belief system is bolsheviks and that her interest in archeology and the christian creation myth are pretty much mutually exclusive. I don't want to de-convert her, I want her to know and believe in as many true things as she can.
What should I do?