I think for the YEC who has had the well poisoned by hearing from their pastors that those evilutionists are atheists trying to prove there is no God, it is easier to trust another Christian like themselves. That doesn’t mean that atheists need to be ignored or not trusted though. I trust your knowledge of evolutionary biology and consider you a reputable source on that (having lurked over a year here). When I was first coming out of YEC, a Christian scientist (er… scientist who is a Christian 
) was more likely to be convincing to me than an atheist. I needed to see that accepting evolution didn’t mean dismissing the Bible. That said, there are atheists who try to push atheism on others, and there are atheists who just talk about the science. I much prefer to listen to the latter, even if the former is making a good point. I’m fully on board with evolution, but I don’t want to hear atheist proselytizing. Note that I didn’t see that happening on this thread. 
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