Posted on 11/06/2005 6:26:17 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
"Where are the liberals?"
Look for them masquerading as moderate Republicans in the next school board election.
Exactly what I meant.
Straw man: a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted.
I have probably used this term quite a few times lately. It seems particularly appropriate when someone raises (for about the 50th time) a phony objection to evolution. For example, "evolution is just a theory" or "evolution does not explain the origins of life."
Perhaps I should go back to posting some of my creation stories again. I have a pretty good collection of those. What do you think?
Ok - my favorite is the Flying Spaghetti Monster! But I want to see a picture.
Well stated.
This divergence between abiogenesis and evolution seems to be a relatively new idea.
Naw... Smiles
Actually I do tutor. But I do not charge for it. My way of helping the community. :-)
Almost as many times as the evo's call everyone who questions their theory "liars."
:-)
Well, I'm sure you've taught many of us on here a lot. Thanks.
Awww. :-)
Thanks!
I hope I didn't just ruin my keyboard by spitting coffee all over it.
Although it irritates the heck out of them, I think ignoring supernaturalists completely works best.
They're in Massachusetts. This is Kansas.
Wow - he's really ugly! LOL
<creationist_logic> The "theory of gravity" has not been verified for distances of less than 100 microns, and to make it work over distances of millions of light years scientists invent fanciful notions such as "dark matter". The inverse square nature of gravitational attraction has only been verified for a tiny percentage of known stars and planets in the universe. These gaping holes in gravitational theory show that the premise behind it is wrong. Intelligent pulling is another equally valid premise. Teach the controversy! </creationist_logic>
When people who don't know what science is will admit that the TOE absent everything else is science, that will make all the difference. Perhaps you've missed the scientific explanations in places like books, magazines, and monographs, or maybe the billion or so posts to this forum that point out that the origin of life has nothing to do with the origin of species, and that the Theory of Evolution is about the origin of species. However, if you insist that all theories fail because they doesn't address matters outside their own scope, please name a scientific theory that doesn't fail.
Until then, begging to introduce immense spans of time as the deus ex machina of a materialist theory is the same thing as saying "The gods did it!"
As long as you ignore, say, all the evidence.
The inadequacies of TOE as an explanation of origins of life, which seem to be forgotten when it is taught, must be mentioned even as the truths of TOE are explained. Otherwise, education is incomplete and limited by secularist and materialist prejudices and opinion.
Glad to know that your objections to the TOE are entirely scientific, and have nothing whatever to do with your religion. Please go back, aaaaaaall the way to the beginning of this post, to read how the TOE does not address the origins of life.
What he said that he said...
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