Is The World Getting Better Or Worse?

You're saying we shouldn't point out stupidity, aren't you?

You say that about all science.

Actually you do. Biology and geology for a start - and by implication their foundations, chemistry and physics. When you deny one science, by necessity you deny them all.

That's like saying you love all of the letters of the alphabet except the ones from a to z. All science can reveal things about the past.

You deny biology, geology, chemistry, physics.... What are the "healthy true sciences"?

And you deny them. Biology points inexorably at evolution and geology points inexorably at an old earth. If they were wrong, as you claim, then chemistry and physics would also necessarily be wrong. You can't throw out the fundamental conclusions and still pretend to have any respect for the method.

Of course science doesn't "need" its conclusions but the conclusions are still inescapable. Evolution and an old earth are conclusions that can not be avoided without throwing away every other conclusion.Edited by ringo, : No reason given.

Obviously false. If we "give up" the understanding of man-caused global warming, we can't stop man from causing it. That's like trying to stop a car without understanding what brakes are for. What they do well is discovering things like evolution, the old age of the earth, the Big Bang, man-caused global warming, etc. If we did forget about those things like you wish we would, science would just discover them again. That's what science does.

It's Trump who is pushing for more coal production.

Sure there is. That's what apologists do with the Bible.

I'd call that a false dichotomy. You have a lot of audacity. You're the one who throws out the book. That's not a fact.

So the only distinction is body count. The "real Christians" were murderers too - they just weren't as good at it.Edited by ringo, : No reason given.

You're honing your definition of persecution to a pretty fine edge. If you put enough qualifiers on it, it will disappear completely.

Do you lump all bank robbers into one basket? Because bank robbery is pretty much what defines a bank robber and apologetics is pretty much what defines an apologist.

Be honest. You require evidence in every area except your God. The Sheriff only enforces the public consensus and the public consensus is that evidence trumps belief. Belief is not outlawed but it is sometimes deprecated.