The arguments of creationists ranged from silly to sophisticated, but ultimately they were all flawed. I tried my best to understand where they went wrong. At first I naively believed that if I could just explain to creationists (when I had the opportunity, during random in-person encounters) the flaws in their reasoning or the factual errors in their premises, I could change their minds. While this isn’t impossible, it proved far more difficult than I had imagined.