Why do creationist posters quote so?

1. I do some quote mining simply because my counterparts tend to bury themselves in their own ideological graves by their own words. When a kid lies, he comes up with all kinds of alibies to cover. I find this true with evos and some of whom I contend with here in town. This is not to imply that evos here in town are deliberatly lying, but that their false premise requires what I consider to be similar to alibies. Imo, this worked to my advantage in debate and for the prevalence of truth in the young sun thread as I contended with Nosy Ned and Eta.2. When contending for truth in subjects one is not well versed one must mine quote in order to support one's ideological position.3. Evos are remiss often in supporting statements and, imo, would do well for the advancement of factual truth to back up some of their own statements with documentation, rather than expecting us all to accept some specific statements at face value, as if they are the authority they consider themselves to be. Imo, Eta, in the young sun thread is a good example. He contends that you begin counting sun age at main sequence initiation rather than at sun birth/protostar sequence, (supported by Nosy Ned), the former, which, as I see it, is the minority view among his own constituents.[This message has been edited by buzsaw, 12-24-2003]

.........But had he brought forth authoritative sources from other qualified persons/organizations besides himself to refute authoritatve sources which I brought forth which were sources from evolutionists, it might have enforced his own position. After all, his own biased position was necessary to refute my biased position that an existing star regardless of whether it was created or evolved would show a far greater appearance of age than a few thousands of years, even if for no other reason than the fact that it exists as a fully formed star.[This message has been edited by buzsaw, 12-25-2003]