Faith and other YEC: why even bother taking part in the discussion?

Brian, you said... and and when asked if you had evidence of this, you said Well, I'm not a creationist, but I am a Christian and know many many creationists. Your description does not tally with the bulk of my experience.So I would like to ask for your evidence. If I fall into one of your "types", and thus I am not to be humoured, then may I remind you that we are in an EvC science forum, and it is not for you to decide to withold a request for evidence. Either show your evidence or retract your statement.

I appreciate your ironic, and almost humorous reply... however, is it acceptable on EvC to post ad-hom attacks as long as they are followed by ironic, almost humorous replies? You made an ad-hom attack. Do you not have the guts to retract it? Out from what, and into where?

Cognitive dissonance? Absolutely. Disorder? Perhaps a little strong in my mind, but probably not yours.This is why the direct debate here is not working. Brian was quite right when he said although I have had plenty of success in face-to-face discussions.But I do not see this as leaving the doors open to the further comments made by Brian. Being in a state of cognitive dissonance does not imply that one is "sad" and "lonely". If by "sad" we actually mean "unhappy with the dissonance" then fine, but to suggest that a whole person's life is "sad" is absurd, especially as we have recent evidence that faith is one of the key elements that brings "happiness" (can't remember ths issue of New Scientist but here a ref to it BBC NEWS | Africa | Nigeria tops happiness survey)I'm not sure what the issue is here. Are you annoyed with YECs for behaving this way, or with the Mods for not coming down harder? Either way, it is not a reason for your own standards to lapse, or even to allow parody a chance to be taken as the de rigueur debating style of this forum.I think EvC is great place, which is why I hang out here. But comments on this thread have done it a disservice.IMESHO of course

You state that YECs posting on this forum are essentially "sad" and "lonely". In a discussion on "Faith and other YEC: why even bother taking part in the discussion", how is this not ad hom?