This idea stems from my recent posts in the "Boot Camp" forum entitled "The lies behind the Miller experiment". My point is not to debate the points in the Chick track
Chick.com: Big Daddy? but to discuss the reasons why so many YEC's come into this forum thinking that these points will change the opinions of those of us who feel that the world around us is shaped by materialistic forces. I understand that such a discussion would have to be constrained to avoid turning into the same old material.
So here is my proposed discussion:
1) Why is the above-mentioned track, along with statements on numerous YEC websites and videos (Hovind's especially) presented as how evolutionists react to YEC arguments?
2)Do people really believe a college professor is that ignorant? Or do they believe the entire scientific community stands on such a weak firmament that an undergrad could crush it with a few assertions?
I recognize that there are YEC creationists out there who don't follow the above, my beef is not with them. My wish is to understand and to educate the ones who come into this forum thinking we are ignorant of Paluxy tracks, Nebraska man, and Darwin's doubts about eyeballs.
I do not believe this topic fits into the Chick tract disscusion as I want to talk about the broader issue of why so many newbies enter this debate with the false impression that their arguments are new information. Where is this coming from?
As a young teen I was part of the YEC horde, but I was lucky enough to hear the right arguments at the right time. "There but for the grace of God go I" is an atypical athiest's view that describes my condition. During my tenure as an evanagelelist I thought that any evolutionist I met would fall before my meager facts. I never had opportunity to test this before.
I do not know which forum would be appropriate for this topic (if any). I did not want this to be another discussion of Chick. I want to discuss the logic of misinformation between YEC leaders and their followers.
This message has been edited by Lithodid-Man, 11-20-2004 09:03 AM
"Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." Aaron Levenstein