I don't doubt that Ham's dishonest propaganda convinces some people. If there were no gullible people there would be no con men.
Got any actual data to back that up? I Googled "why youth leave the church" and the first article was this survey from a Christian survey group:
Six Reasons Young Christians Leave Church - Barna Group
Their survey showed:
"Reason #3 – Churches come across as antagonistic to science.
One of the reasons young adults feel disconnected from church or from faith is the tension they feel between Christianity and science. The most common of the perceptions in this arena is “Christians are too confident they know all the answers” (35%). Three out of ten young adults with a Christian background feel that “churches are out of step with the scientific world we live in” (29%). Another one-quarter embrace the perception that “Christianity is anti-science” (25%). And nearly the same proportion (23%) said they have “been turned off by the creation-versus-evolution debate.” Furthermore, the research shows that many science-minded young Christians are struggling to find ways of staying faithful to their beliefs and to their professional calling in science-related industries."
There you have it. A significant number of young people are leaving Christianity specifically because of the anti-science nonsense from people like Ken Ham.
You're not the slightest bit qualified to say what is or isn't scientific.
Honestly Paul, that's just another argument that's not only wrong, but is laughably absurd. I'd love to help you understand why, but your past history shows you're not open to that.
Christians have opposed the idea of a moving earth that orbits the sun, the use of lightning rods, and all sorts of other scientific advances and discoveries throughout history. You and your young-earth creationist ilk are just the latest iteration of that.
This is what i really don't get. Between this forum and the other, many people have tried to get you to understand two very basic concepts: 1) science can be used to study unobserved events, and 2) science doesn't provide "proof". Yet no matter how much all those people (including myself) have tried to explain it, you still repeat the same two fundamental errors.
Why? Can you help me understand why you are so resistant to learning even the most basic things about science? The only thing I can think of is that you see science as a threat, and so you're afraid to learn about it. If that's not it, then help me understand what's going on.
And you're 100% wrong, in a very fundamental way. Even your fellow Christians have tried to help you understand and stop making such basic errors.
Does being wrong matter to you?