Evolution newbs, what prevents you from brushing up your knowledge of evolution before you ditch it?

Question

Here's some options for you if you feel less inclined to give a full and hearty answer:

1) My religion prevents me from studying _anything_ that contradicts its teachings
2) I dislike the idea that we are animals
3) I particularly dislike the idea that we evolved from the same ancestor as chimpanzees
4) I just didn't understand it enough to continue
5) Nothing, I just wasn't interested
6) I am completely indifferent to the whole evolution "vs" creationism fiasco

Answer 1

I'm usually around number four or five. I have no problem with evolution, but I don't pretend to understand it to the extent that people who have actually studied biology do. So I usually just keep my mouth shut on the subject. There are several people on here who do a much better job of it than I ever could. I don't go around lecturing people on quantum physics, either.

Answer 2

I think it's the other way around. Most people believe what they want to believe and they don’t want there to be a God. You see, if God created us, then He also owns us. If He owns us, then He has a right to set the rules by which we must live. If He has set the rules by which we must live, then we are accountable to Him. They don’t want to be accountable to God; they don’t want to be controlled. And so, it is their desire to explain the origin of everything without a Creator at all costs; they MUST believe in evolution. Evolutionism then, is intrinsically an atheistic religion—the religion of secular humanism.

From what I've seen, I have to agree with T. Wallace:
“A major reason why evolutionist arguments can sound so persuasive is because they often combine assertive dogma with intimidating, dismissive ridicule towards anyone who dares to disagree with them. Evolutionists wrongly believe that their views are validated by persuasive presentations invoking scientific terminology and allusions to a presumed monopoly of scientific knowledge and understanding on their part. But they haven’t come close to demonstrating evolutionism to be more than an ever-changing theory with a highly questionable and unscientific basis. (The situation isn’t helped by poor science education generally. Even advanced college biology students often understand little more than the dogma of evolutionary theory, and few have the time [or the guts] to question its scientific validity.)”

Answer 3

Fraudulent nonsense.

You are riding a dead horse. Time to grab your saddle and start walking. The buzzards are circling above you.

Answer 4

5) & 6)
I honestly don't care much.
What difference does it make?
I exist, I know that much.
I would much rather contemplate on 'where to go' from here.
~Atheist.