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Evolution versus Creationism is a 'Red Herring' argument

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Message 52 of 136 (665459)
06-13-2012 3:54 PM 		Reply to: Message 33 by Hawkins
06-13-2012 1:02 PM

Science is the claim of a repeating pattern govern by a set of rules.
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By this definition, astronomy, geology, paleontology, anthropology and any other study of something that happened in the past are not sciences. I'm sure that those scientists working in those fields would be most surprised to hear this.
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Would it surprise you to learn that your idea is not a new one? Would it surprise you to learn that anti-science religious nuts have been saying this for years? Would it surprise you to learn that your definition has absolutely nothing to do with reality?
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
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We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
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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
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Howling about evidence is a conversation stopper, and it never stops to think if the claim could possibly be true -- foreveryoung
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06-13-2012 4:22 PM 		Reply to: Message 54 by Genomicus
06-13-2012 4:06 PM

They've been doing that for 30 years. There's nothing new to creationism, it's all PRATTs and they know it. It has nothing to do with a scientific dispute, it never has. It's all about public relations and trying to convince the uneducated that they have a point to make.
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
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We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
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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
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Howling about evidence is a conversation stopper, and it never stops to think if the claim could possibly be true -- foreveryoung
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