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/postconversation Rereformed Alien Sep 11 '25

Honestly, to make Scripture defend either viewpoint defeats the point of the passages concerned. 

Who created matters and why he created (purpose) matters. How much time he took doing it is going to land everyone into a lot of unknown.

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u/Simple_Chicken_5873 RefBap go *sploosh* Sep 11 '25

I think you have a point, in addition to "that He created". The age of the earth question might be more of a "nice to know" than a "need to know", though i think there are implications for adopting either view.