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Author Topic:   One liners, or how to make the PRATTS fall
subbie
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Message 1 of 50 (649487)
01-23-2012 12:08 PM


Points Refuted A Thousand Times are a common arrow in cdesign proponentsists's quiver. Most of them are short and based on a deep misunderstanding of what the ToE actually says. It occurs to me that part of the reason they persist is precisely because they are short and the point they are trying to make is easy to understand. If this is in fact true, then perhaps the best way to respond to them is an equally short and easy to understand rebuttal. (I completely understand that we aren't going to change the minds of the truly committed cdesign proponentsist. My goal here is to come up with something we can use to persuade those who are on the fence or who don't really know enough about the ToE to see what is wrong with the PRATT.)
I would like this thread to be a compilation of one or two line responses that cut to the heart of a PRATT, show why it is wrong and can be used to defeat their nonsense in an informal setting. I will begin with this:
PRATT: If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?
Response: If Americans emigrated from Europe, why are there still Europeans?
Miscellany please.
Edited by subbie, : tyop

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

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Message 4 of 50 (649494)
01-23-2012 6:21 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by Percy
01-23-2012 6:03 PM


That works, too.

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

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Message 33 of 50 (650301)
01-29-2012 8:59 PM
Reply to: Message 31 by shadow71
01-29-2012 7:47 PM


Re: crispr
What PRATT is this a response to?
Or is it meant to be a PRATT for us to respond to?
Or is it just meaningless word salad?

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

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