I was flabbergasted. How could it be that someone found evidence convincing but was still not convinced? The answer, of course, was that his religion… - Jerry Coyne

What I am saying is two things. First, religion hasn’t obviously come closer to understanding the divine....I also claim that insofar as theology or religious beliefs do change within a faith, those changes are driven largely by either science or changes in secular culture....Religious morality, at least as promulgated by priests, rabbis, imams, and theologians, is usually one step behind secular morality.

Religion is heavily laden with the kind of confirmation bias that makes people see their own faiths as true and all others as false. In other words, religion is replete with features to help people fool themselves.

Ironically, as the credibility of creationists grows smaller, their voices get louder.