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Evolutionary Biologist Reacts to Young Earth Creationist Arguments

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Biological evolution is broadly accepted by the scientific community. That said, a large number of people and organizations, especially the Young Earth Creationists, are highly skeptical of evolution. Creationists frequently challenge the assertions of evolution, and evolution's legitimacy as a scientific theory. But do they have a point? Let's take a look at some of their most common arguments and see if they are valid, or if they are not.

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@ClintsReptiles Creator 2 years ago Pinned

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@aspermwhalespontaneouslyca8938 2 years ago

Imagine being so wholesome you get into religious issues and you receive almost no hate. You are a great man, Clint.

@iluvtacos1231 2 years ago

As an atheist and someone who frequents anti-YEC YouTube channels (Gutsick Gibbon, DapperDino, Creation Myths, etc), it's very refreshing to hear a Christian who very clearly knows their stuff also going "no, evolution is real".

@cristianespinal9917 2 years ago

"It's just a theory," says everyone who doesn't know the technical definition of "theory" and uses it interchangeably with the colloquial definition.

@konawalchuk333 1 year ago

This video playing through my headphones while I am at work so I can't see the screen. I hear you say I want you to watch this and then all of a sudden, a pokemon ad starts playing and my first thought was "okay, Pokémon evolve, I wonder how he's going to tie this in" lmao

@GlassShardBallPit 2 years ago

A minute in, when Clint smirks at the use of "theory" and visibly has to hold his words back 😂

@gregwillis4001 2 years ago (edited)

I was walking in Clint's Reptile Room and saw a lizard on his hind legs telling jokes. I turned to Clint and said, "That lizard is really funny!" Clint replied, "That's not a lizard. He's a stand-up chameleon."

@LMoM0MoM 2 years ago (edited)

I am retired from an organization that frequently had to go before courts to request legal decisions. In preparation we had to meet with our lawyers. In one instance, the lawyer persisted in undermining every argument we had. One of the younger members of our team was becoming increasingly, and visibly frustrated. At the end of the meeting, the lawyer told us to come back to her with better arguments. The young team member said, “She’s supposed to be on our side! Why is she cutting down all our arguments?!”
I explained to him that her job was to take our arguments to the court. She wants the best possible arguments to present to the court. To get those, she had to think like the judge. It was her job to get us to really think through what we wanted from the court and why. She wanted us to defeat (disprove) every argument we developed, until we had the best possible arguments that would be very difficult for the judge to deny. And yes, it was sometimes frustrating. But in the end, we had excellent, persuasive arguments. All because we made ourselves understand the opposite positions, and address them before our lawyer had to take them to the court. Rather like your steel-man positions!
Thank you for this!

@Regular-ishGuy 1 year ago

I am an atheist, and it couldnt bother me less that you are not. I have watched a good bit of your videos without once seeing you pay lip service to lies. Ill keep watching. Please, keep up making great videos!

@eliharris7300 2 years ago

"you can still be on the right side of an argument and make a terrible case for your side" dude that's amazing

@mahelaniarektbb 1 year ago

1:18 the smile from Clint when he hears that man not knowing what the word theory means is really everything.

@saldiven2009 2 years ago

The "evolution is just a theory" argument is proof that whoever is making that argument stopped paying attention in science class sometime around middle school.

@joedyburns4903 1 year ago

It’s so important to make sure Christians know that believing in evolution doesn’t mean you have to deconstruct everything you believe is real. The reason so many Christians are still fundamentalist creationists is because they fear what accepting evolution means for their faith. But it doesn’t mean they have to stop believing in God and everything they’ve dedicated their life to, so I’m really glad you’re able to share your story, even as an atheist myself.

@davidhayden6481 2 years ago

"I don't wanna be part of this clade anymore!"
"You can grow up and start your own clade, but you'll always be part of my clade"

-Vin Diesels ancestors, probably

@kariscoyne1886 2 years ago

Amazed that anyone was surprised you're religious, you have the strongest 'youth minister' energy I've ever seen, and that's including actual youth ministers

@claytonharting9899 2 years ago

1:20 the way Clint goes from politely listening to “woah man hold on now” when the guy says “why it’s still a theory” just kills me

@kingsofnh 1 year ago

I explained to my students that it’s like math. 1+3=3+1 is the law of distribution. That 1+3=4, and 11+4=15 is arithmetic theory. The laws don’t answer further questions beyond their specific observation. But the theory of arithmetic lets you add and subtract any number of numbers.

@funpheonix9752 2 years ago

I’m an ex-Christian atheist and I don’t get atheists like the ones who completely abandoned you and your channel. I don’t like religion that much in general… but as long as the believers are like you, they’re awesome! I’m glad there’s a Christian evolutionary biologist out there debunking creationists.

@middlemuse 2 years ago

I wish I’d known Christians like you when I was young and struggling. My parents felt that evolution was such a dangerous idea that they denied me any substantial education after third grade. Young Earth Creationism very directly led to my educational neglect and abuse, and I’m still feeling the effects more than twenty years later.

@HeyItsLeonPowalski 2 years ago (edited)

"Adaptation" in the way he's using it feels very vague, but I suspect this is just a rehash of the "micro vs macro evolution" stance, which Creationists have used in the past. (e.g: "Sure, Dogs can diversify into different breeds but a fish never crawled on land and turned into a human")

edit: I see later this exact point is brought up near the end