PuckSR
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Joined: Nov. 2005
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Today I was eating a grilled cheese sandwich...and i started thinking about IDists and Evolutionists.
An IDist would look at my grilled cheese sandwich and say..."Do you see how it is perfectly melted? Do you see how the cheese meets perfectly with the bread? Do you see the uniform toasting pattern? This sandwich was obviously cooked by an experienced grilled cheese maker....maybe even a professional chef"
An Evolutionist would look at that same sandwich and might say..."Do you see that burn pattern on the sandwich? that is the same burn pattern that would be generated in a Teflon skillet preheated to 1000 degrees F and left on each side for 20 minutes. That cheese is the same aroma and color as Brie. The bread is obviously old stale bread...you can tell by the appearance of fungal spores."
Now, they may both be wrong. I made the grilled cheese...and Im no expert. Also I didnt make the grilled cheese at such an insanely high heat for such a long period of time. I also didnt use Brie cheese and it wasnt moldy bread.
What is the difference though if they are both wrong? Well, we can run some experiments and show the Evolutionist that it wouldnt require those temperatures or that type of cheese. Since all of his conclusions are based on empircal evidence....As soon as the scientist observes that the pattern could be made with a much cooler skillet and a much shorter time....he will change his "theory".
The IDist however based all of his "theory" on opinion. He used a very subjective term...expert. Now, how do i convince the IDist that an expert didnt cook the grilled cheese? I guess i could show them a videotape of me cooking the grilled cheese. I guess i could then show them that I am not an expert(i dont know how?) How do I convince them that the grilled cheese just "looks" perfect...that it actually isnt?
Either way...Im still eating a grilled cheese sandwich
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