Evolution versus Creationism is a 'Red Herring' argument

Hi PaulGL,That choice is fine. Could you expand that title into a thread proposal? A few short paragraphs providing background and outlining your position should be sufficient.

Hi Paul,Your thread proposal appears to be a cut-n-paste from A Message for the Human Race. This is from the Forum Guidelines:

6. Avoid lengthy cut-n-pastes. Introduce the point in your own words and provide a link to your source as a reference. If your source is not on-line you may contact the Site Administrator to have it made available on-line.
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7. Never include material not your own without attribution to the original source.

At this site debaters are asked to marshall their arguments using their own words and use links and citations only as support. Excerpts should be brief and should include attribution.

I have no way of knowing that. I guess there are drawbacks to writing anonymously.I'll promote the thread, but keep in mind that there are three reasons we ask people to compose original replies rather than cut-n-paste. One reason is the obviously plagiaristic one. Another is that very early on in EvC Forum's existence we found that those who cut-n-pasted their arguments usually didn't understand them. And the last, and the one that applies here, is that we find that pre-composed replies rarely if ever fit the context of a dynamic on-going discussion.Also, even when you're quoting yourself, people have the right to know when the words were composed as a direct response to their message and when they were composed for another context.

Thread copied here from the Evolution versus Creationism is a 'Red Herring' argument thread in the Proposed New Topics forum.