I had my suspicions before, but now I know. I'm probably not the only one who noticed the similarities in the style of debate: the bad logic, the denials that
nature alone can accomplish anything, the scorn heaped on naturalistic science, the insistence that we back up any claim while he offers only quotes from Discovery Institute fellows, etc, etc. I've wasted too much time on this bullshit artist.
In
this post note how ID man quotes PaulK with a little tag so we know who's speaking.
quote:
PaulK:
Therefore we have now established that your claim of "double standards" was indeed a lie.
Your refusal to look at the work I cited is typical of willful ignorance.
Compare
John Paul quoting himself (again we're given a helpful tag) and making the delicate suggestion that his opponent may benefit from further research into the admittedly extensive ID literature...
John Paul:
You obviously have no clue what ID is. Ignorance is one thing. Wilfull ignorance is a shame. ID does NOT go against common descent. But you would know that if you had a clue.
Here ID man quotes Behe:
Our apprehension of the design of the cilium or intracellular transport rests on the same principles as our apprehension of the jungle trap; the ordering of separate components to achieve an identifiable function that depends sharply on the components. Mike Behe
Lo and behold, in
this post we get virtually the same quote from John Paul:
As Michael J. Behe, Professor of Biochemistry at Leheigh University, puts it in his book Darwin’s Black Box: Our ability to be confident of the design of the cilium or intracellular transport rests on the same principles to be confident of the design of anything: the ordering of separate components to achieve an identifiable function that depends sharply on the components.
And
here's ID man getting all colloquial:
Ya see this is all part of the double-standards I am talking about.
That's so reminiscent of
this gem from John Paul, wherein he gives us a Stonehenge presentation no less ridiculous than Spinal Tap's:
Ya see holmes, I have never seen anyone build or design Stonehenge yet I can say with conviction that it is the product of design.
Coincidence? Go figure.
regards,
Esteban Hambre