We have talked a lot here about the problems when YECs set up the choice “either the world was created in six days 6,000 years ago, or the Bible is not trustworthy and you’ll have to dump the whole thing.” They believe that young adults will walk away from their faith completely unless they can successfully inoculate them against scientific realities, which they see as destroying the Bible’s authority. When youth let go of the Bible’s authority, many YECs assume the youth will start having illicit sex or become gay, divorce their spouses, get abortions, and maybe even start reading Huffington Post and voting Democrat. It’s all very scary.
This topic was discussed recently on this thread, which you might find interesting: Research On YEC vs Atheism? - #107 by beaglelady