The Brick Theory AKA House of Cards

So...the long awaited brick theory is here. In fact, the wait was so long that I have updated the theory's name to "house of cards" cuz it's a much better fit. This is how it started for me. So I was sitting around debating in my mind where we all came from and how this whole world came to be. I grew up Christian so naturally Creationism was what I was taught, so that's what I believed for many years...once I got old enough, logic took over my brain and suddenly believing because someone said so with no reasoning was no longer an option. Things had to logically made sense before I agreed to sign up for them. Obviously the two major theories taught are Creationism and Big Bang (which is an awesome show by the way)/Evolution. I researched and rolled around pros and cons of both and where science fails and how neither can scientifically be proven. In the end, the way I chose to believe is the way I was brought up. When all is said and done...neither Big Bang nor Creationism can be proven hands down. So no points there. Because I've never seen anything explode and create life or anything but a big pile of rubble, I have to at this point rule that out entirely. Not to mention the law that matter can neither be created or destroyed...stating basically something can not come from nothing. Creationism is the only start that is still plausible to me, because a higher being would be above all laws and be able to create something from nothing, because he created the laws.  I can neither disprove nor affirm this...but the fact remains that it is still a possibility. So at least it's still on the board...and in all truth and honesty everything is so amazing and complex and we are still trying to figure it all out that to me I have to believe that there is something bigger and better and more intelligent...because if the world relied on anything/anyone else to have that much creativity and smarts...I think we'd be waiting a long time. Plus it's nice to think that there is still a reason that we matter.  Hope and purpose in humans go a long way.  Getting back on track...with the theory of evolution...I half agree and half don't. I totally understand evolution within a species because we see it every day. There are dominant and recessive genes. Those that are dominant will generally show, lessening the possibilities of the recessive throughout the generations. For example how people are in general taller, or have darker features now a days...or at least in the melting pot we call America. But on the other hand never have I ever seen first hand a species evolve into another species. If it were a possibility, then it should still be going on to this day. In my right mind, I think at least one animal should be mid stage making it's journey to becoming another species because it's too hot or cold or sunny or they no longer have access to their legs or whatever the stimuli. I guess you could call me a doubting Thomas...but I'm just not into believing what people are telling me unless I see, or feel it for myself...because only then is it real to me. I mean the majority believed the world was flat at some point! It's really not hard to sell something to the general public if you have a convincing argument...even without proof...cuz most people don't have the time or care enough to research anyway.
Anyway...summing this all up and moving to the actual point of this blog...so I have my reasons why I believe what I do now that I'm an adult. But I find that it is very hard for most people to stray from how they were taught as children. And it made me start to think about why that is. And that is when I came up with the house of cards theory. Think of it simply. Can you imagine if your whole life you were told the sky is green...everyone in your school and community thought it was green...it was green as far as you knew.  Then 20 or so years later someone tried to tell you your entire town, friends and family were wrong and it was actually blue? You'd think they were crazy. I bet you wouldn't even think twice about it. But what if you somehow found out they were telling the truth? What else would need to change that you had based on this "fact"? What other things would you start questioning? And that is only a simple example. Now try and think of it on a bigger scale in regards to our core thoughts and beliefs.  We are taught the laws and boundaries of life when we are young. How to act, speak, believe, take care of ourselves, ways to treat people, etc...these things are like the bottom row of cards in a house of cards. We don't question them, and we eventually grow to build beliefs and actions and ways of life upon that which we were taught. This ends up being the subsequent rows building on top of the bottom row of a house of cards. If for some reason that bottom row is challenged we'd put up our best defenses, because the whole house is coming down if not. This is why I think it's hard for people to let go of what they were taught in their youth. When we reevaluate our beliefs, it creates fear and uncertainty because if that bottom row of cards is wrong then everything we built them on is as well...and it all collapses. Then you have to start over...and no one likes starting over. This concludes the long awaited brick theory aka house of cards. Hope it was worth the wait. :)