stevestory
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From Donald M, to Slaveador Cordova, to Davescot's frantic attempts to get out of the hole by digging straight through to China, I think if a creationist actually made a point which he could then back up, I'd be rendered speechless.
We all had a good laugh earlier when tribune said, at Uncommonly Dense,
| Quote | And let’s not forget the most used, abused and not news strawman: Scientific evidence conclusively refutes a 6,500-year-old Earth so ID can’t be true.
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I know I doubted this:
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I can't recall actually hearing this 'most used' strawman.
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Well, somehow, a commenter at UD has asked tribune7 for some evidence of this strawman. I think it was the fake compatriotism than let the comment through:
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hey tribune7,
HAHA that’s totally whacky man! Can you post a link to one of those news articles? I gotta see this with my own eyes. (and make it a point to laugh at the journalist who uses that strawman)
later bud.
Fross
Comment by Fross — July 3, 2006 @ 9:23 am
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Now, if you think tribune7 responded with a link to someone using this strawman, go splash some cold water on your face, because you're not awake and thinking clearly. Of course he can't back it up. But he thinks he did:
| Quote | Frossy, old buddy, here you go:
Ever since the failure of the creation science movement, a number of activists—many of them young-Earth Christians—have been trying to discredit evolution by claiming that ID is a scientific alternative to natural selection. These people, led by Phillip Johnson and the folks at the Discovery Institute, have been very successful in convincing member of the media, politicians, school boards, and the general public (scientifically illiterate as it is*) that the evolution is a “theory in crisis” and that ID is a viable alternative to evolution.* at http://skepdic.com/intelligentdesign.html
And ABC is always good for a laugh:
Almost half of the U.S. population — 45 percent — believes that human beings did not evolve, but instead were created by God, as stated in the Bible, about 10,000 years ago, according to a November 2004 Gallup poll. Now many of those believers are pushing for a way to align their beliefs with scientific evidence of dinosaurs — a battle being fought in legislatures, classrooms and museums across the country. . . President Bush recently endorsed “intelligent design” — the theory that life could not exist without divine guidance — saying it should be taught in schools “so people can understand what the debate is about.” at http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Beliefs/story?id=1030003&page=1
And how about this blast from the past from Physics Today: “Intelligent Design Is Creationism in a Cheap Tuxedo” at http://www.aip.org/pt/vol-55/iss-6/p48a.html
Granted they fudge a litte about saying the “Earth’s age, and other awkward issues are swept under the rug” but you know they feel obliged to warn that “Evolutionary biology is ID’s primary target, but geology and physics are within its blast zone”, right?
Comment by tribune7 — July 3, 2006 @ 7:49 pm |
Do you see tribune7's strawman anywhere in those excerpts? No, because it's not there.
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