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To: Coyoteman

How many times over the past few months on these threads have you used the term "strawman"? LOL It's getting old.


38 posted on 11/06/2005 8:47:42 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852
How many times over the past few months on these threads have you used the term "strawman"? LOL It's getting old.

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?

43 posted on 11/06/2005 8:59:34 AM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: mlc9852
How many times over the past few months on these threads have you used the term "strawman"? LOL It's getting old.

Almost as many times as the evo's call everyone who questions their theory "liars."

47 posted on 11/06/2005 9:18:55 AM PST by Michael_Michaelangelo (The best theory is not ipso facto a good theory. Lots of links on my homepage...)
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