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Author Topic:   The irresolvability of the creation/evolution debate
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Message 11 of 98 (433247)
11-10-2007 7:15 PM
Reply to: Message 9 by Aven
11-10-2007 6:14 PM


Aven writes:
I think its easy (trust me I've been there) to outright reject these creationist beleifs from the stand point of empiricism and scientific rationality, its painfully easy, but it doesn't mean you win the debate at all really. They find their world view of a God controlling everything to be more reasonable and persuasive, no matter how "ad hoc" you may view it.
You seem to be confusing "resolving the debate" or "winning the debate" with convincing everybody on earth that stupid ideas are stupid.
There will always be people who think the earth is flat, or there is no such thing as gravity or evolution is false. But there is no real debate about those topics. They have been resolved.

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