7 Reasons Why It's Easier for Humans to Believe in God Than Evolution
The ascent of man? José-manuel Benitos / Wikimedia Commons . Photoillustration by Matt Connolly. Late last week, the Texas Board of Education failed to approve a leading high school biology textbook—whose authors include the Roman Catholic biologist Kenneth Miller of Brown University —because of its treatment of evolution. According to The New York Times , critiques from a textbook reviewer identified as a "Darwin Skeptic" were a principal cause. Yet even as creationists keep trying to undermine modern science, modern science is beginning to explain creationism scientifically. And it looks like evolution—the scientifically uncontested explanation for the diversity and interrelatedness of life on Earth, emphatically including human life—will be a major part of the story. Our brains are a stunning product of evolution; and yet ironically, they may naturally pre-dispose us against its acceptance. 1871 satirical image depicting Charles Darwin as an ape.