Argumentum ad verecundiam. That’s a logical fallacy, for the record.
Never mind the religious-sounding language (”for the lay people” and suchlike). If I keep getting more of that instead of the scientific method, it reinforces my perception that the off-topic theory in question is actually the religion I mentioned before with Hellenic roots.
Here's the thing about logical fallacies that most of the people who pounce on them don't seem to get: they don't in and of themselves render an argument incorrect. They're formal errors, not substantive ones.
Besides, exDemMom didn't make an argument from authority anyway.
Never mind the religious-sounding language (”for the lay people” and suchlike). If I keep getting more of that instead of the scientific method, it reinforces my perception that the off-topic theory in question is actually the religion I mentioned before with Hellenic roots.
It is a pretty typical and common response of devout creationists that when they cannot refute an argument with facts, they start falling back on cries of "logical fallacy." Of course, claiming logical fallacy (while having hardly any comprehension of what a true logical fallacy is) does not invalidate the factual argument. It is merely a diversionary tactic.
I point out that articles from certain sources are written for lay-people because I know perfectly well that pure scientific language is dense and incomprehensible to those who have not been educated in it. I'm interested in educating people, not snowing them with incomprehensible jargon.
I have no clue what you are talking about, "some religion with Hellenic roots." But I will point out that if you feel the need to dismiss science as a religion--a common trait of creationists--it says more about your feelings towards religion than it does about science. If you want to illustrate that something is vile, you compare it to something that you consider equally vile.
Anyway, none of your creationist objections to science are very original or interesting. You don't like science--I get it. You really don't have to keep illustrating it.