Religion

again and again by science, lead to conflicts. Today, it is difficult to read things like the creation myths and not say, "Wait...what?"

Some attempt to gloss over those errors, referring to "metaphors" or whatever. Yet, the same people will introduce writings that attempt to align such myths with demonstrated reality. That leads to some almost comical stretches of credulity.

Humans are creative beings, capable of imagining almost anything. Before science existed, imaginary explanations of many things were created by humans. We are also capable of fooling ourselves into thinking our imaginary explanations are somehow correct. An entire industry has developed to try to do that, and it is still trying to reconcile mythology with reality. Unsuccessfully, of course, but still able to convince many, who do not have basic scientific knowledge, that what they say is true.

Learning and understanding what science has come to understand can be quite difficult, really. That difficulty leads many to simply latch on to the earlier, simpler, mythological explanations. Various hybrid explanations have resulted from this, so we have museum exhibits that show humans walking alongside dinosaurs. And some people believe those exhibits, because, you know, they have seen them.