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when i was a young-earth-creationist teen i got my hands on a physics book and read about red shift and cosmic microwave background. i held this knowledge nervously, like the time i learned what sex was by reading one of my parents books for how to talk to ur kids about sex 1/

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Aella

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Jul 1, 2022

i remember not talking to anyone about it. i felt like i had a little grenade in my head, a dirty secret. the first time i tossed the bomb was at a homeschool convention; i went up to some people i didn't know and then skittishly asked them if they knew about red shift

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

no, they didn't know about red shift. 'i think it might mean the universe is older than 6,000 years,' i said. this was the first time i'd said it out loud. i don't remember their response, my ears were buzzing. i felt like a wolf in homeschoolers clothing.

4:30 AM · Jul 1, 2022

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ill never forget the first time i told my rabbi about how dolphins were mammals because their ancestors had evolved on land and evolution might be real he laughed nervously and said 'ok' we never spoke of it again

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my homeschool co-op science fair presentation was about red shift!!! i don't think my parents knew the implications lol

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At college, a YEC explained that Good created the rainbow after the Flood by lowering the speed of light from infinite to it's current value - infinitely fast light would not differentially refract.

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When you look into the background radiation of the universe the Big Bang is looking back into you 😅

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Heretic

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I felt that way the first time I learned what atheists were. I just previously assumed everyone had some religion by default. 😆

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I don’t remember ever learning any forbidden knowledge. As weird as that is (sorry), it must have been an amazing feeling once you freed yourself. How exciting to learn so many things when you were older and appreciate them more.

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“i felt like a wolf in homeschoolers clothing.” This is the cleverest & most badass/coolest line I’ve read ever.

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For me it was learning how many of the stories in the OT had predecessor stories in other pantheons.

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I dub this the "philosophical high". The rush one feels when truth has found a way into their world-explanation, to illuminate their universe and to cast shadows upon past held beliefs that can only seem foolish now, lacking the awe-inspiring resolution of their new reality.