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What? So first of, it really doesn't. You don't understand evolution if you think that's what it is, but that's beside the point.
You believe that a supernatural sky being made a mud man and a rib woman, who were tricked by a talking snake into eating magic no no fruit. Then 4 thousand years later, a zombie came and made everyone drink it's blood and eat it's body in order to get into the good magic sky place.
It's real easy to dumb down peoples beliefs and make them sound stupid, especially if you misrepresent them.
The question was why do you believe in YOUR beliefs. It was not an invitation to be a superior asshole.
As I said, personal experience. I'm not sure how I was insulting anyone else's beliefs. That's literally why I believe in intelligent design: I believe that evolution is mathematically impossible.
If you think that the theory of evolution puts forth the any argument like Taj Mahal coming from a messy room, then you don't understand the theory of evolution.
Evolution does not "boil down" to that.
It is insulting because it downplays the theory to the point of "to believe this would be absurd and stupid" which obviously has implications for its believers.
Imagine an atheist stated: "I am an atheist because intelligent design boils down to: if you leave your room empty for 6000 years, a magic fairy will appear and create the Taj Mahal". Can you see how this is not only just an outright false statement, but also making a mockery of those who believe?
Not really. I don't find that statement insulting at all. That is what Creationism boils down to.
You are correct and don't deserve the down votes.