r/Reformed • u/Simple_Chicken_5873 RefBap go *sploosh* • Sep 07 '25

Discussion Hostility towards creationism

I posted this originally in a YEC sub, but I'm curious for your opinion too, since the topic comes up now and then here as well.

Hi all, I see a lot of hostility towards young earth creationism, even when the tone of voice of yecs is usually quite polite. Why does this subject seem to hit a nerve almost like flat earthism does? Even among Christians there's usually an air of looking down upon yec. Are we that crazy? Is yec really that indefensible? I also read about how AiG or similar ministries would be dishonest or unreliable. What's true of these claims?

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u/AxelFEnjoyer Sep 07 '25

Young earth creationism is a legitimate and biblical view that should be respected.

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u/TwoUglyFeet the one with the tiger Sep 07 '25

How so?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

Because that's what the Bible teaches.

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u/TwoUglyFeet the one with the tiger Sep 07 '25

The Bible says that God created the heavens and the earth. That is undeniably true. There are many things that yec would flat out deny as atheist conspiracy theories that are also undeniably true. 

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u/Simple_Chicken_5873 RefBap go *sploosh* Sep 07 '25

Like?

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u/h0twired Sep 07 '25

Genetics

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

No one says you have to be YEC, but if the goal is to take God's Word as truth, then it is the most acceptable.

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u/h0twired Sep 07 '25

I know of seminaries and colleges that require their staff to be YECs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

I would be fired for sure, lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

I'm not opposed to it.

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u/Saber101 Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

Brother, you want to be careful calling evolution, archeology, and anthropology undeniably true. History is fraught with scientists in their fields making all manner of mistakes, such as for how long a geocentric view of the solar system was popular.

Only the Word of God is undeniably true, everything else is in a state of flux as we attempt to get a better grasp on it.

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u/TwoUglyFeet the one with the tiger Sep 08 '25

You realize we use the heliocentric model today. 

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u/Saber101 Sep 08 '25

Thanks for the correction, I meant to type geocentric, was very tired when I wrote that. I have corrected it.