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To: RussP
I wrote:

That may be, but maybe you can help me out here. Are you claiming that the eugenics practiced by Christians compared to the eugenics practiced by the Nazis?

You replied:

Not the old Darwin = Hitler nonsense again! It's an utterly ridiculous logical fallacy.

I reply:

You're the one who tried to associate various Christian groups with eugenics. Then, when I asked you a direct and simple question, you dodged it and launched into a non-sequiter and a red herring all rolled into one.

Nice job selecting only part of my reply. Here’s all of it:

Not the old Darwin = Hitler nonsense again! It's an utterly ridiculous logical fallacy. Besides, the Theory of Evolution is a scientific observation of how species come about in nature. Anyone attempting to employ it as a prescription for running a society is misusing the theory. As in, guns don't kill people ...

Let’s review the bidding, shall we? In post 64 of this thread, you wrote:

It is not the people who believe we are created in the image of God who have promoted eugenics!

I replied, showing that Christian groups were, in fact, part and parcel of the eugenics movement, particularly in the country in the early 20th century. I supplied two different links. That was the point I was trying to make, and in response, you tried to tell us that “Christian Eugenics” isn’t as bad as other kinds. Swell.

But notice above, you were the one who played the Nazi card, which is (to quote a poster here), “a non-sequitur and a red herring.”

I’ll accept this new attempt at distraction as a tacit admission that you either didn’t know what you were talking about, or you were lying.

I guess your brain froze and you just reverted to parroting your standard talking points, even though they had no relevance to the question you were asked.

Funny … that’s what it seems to me that you did. But maybe I haven’t grasped the subtlety of your point. I say Hitler abused Christianity, too, just like he abused the Theory of Evolution, everything else he used. Ever seen this one?


103 posted on 03/10/2007 4:12:41 PM PST by Gumlegs
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To: Gumlegs

All that crap, and you still didn't answer my simple, direct question. Quit wasting my time.


105 posted on 03/10/2007 4:51:22 PM PST by RussP
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