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Something occurs to me about creationists, especially young earth creationists. It seems to be a constant case of the words "what if".

What if the speed of light is slowing down?
What if the radiometric dating is wrong?
What if the genetics is proven to be wrong?
What if the decay of atoms has slowed down?
What if the Earth lost water somehow?
What if the fossils are not accurate?
What if we discover the Earth is the only planet and nothing else exists?
What if we found out that the sun doesn't supply the earth with heat?
(All of these I have read at some point, as ridiculous as they may sound)

What if, what if, what if, what if...

It seems to me that if you constantly have to say 'what if' to reach a predetermined answer, then you should ask yourself some serious questions about what you have been told.

That's pretty much what I did after hearing all about miracles, giant floods and supernaturally induced plagues when I was a kid and thinking why don't they happen so frequently now then?... So did Ricky Gervais who explained it quite elegantly once.