Discussion of John MacKay's Views

Hi Eilidh,Nice to meet another fellow Scot on the boards. The resume for John Mackay on the Creation research UK site would appear to contradict your claim that... They give his experience as... So rather than a university lecturer of Evolution he lectured on Geology at the equivalent of a Technical college.TTFN,WK

All of our mouths are here right now. Why would we forgo the chance to have a thought out, reasoned debate where people can take time about their answers and provide direct links to reference material in favour of a staged event where everyone has to be going in with prepared material and any rebuttal needs to be instantaneous and off the cuff?The proper forum for any sort of rational scientific debate is not an English Speaking Union floorshow, it isn't really an internet forum either, but it is a much better venue for one than a face to face public debate.As others have suggested many creationist speakers favour face to face live debate because they can play to the crowd and employ the 'Gish Gallop', a list of purported problems with evolution which their opponent must then either allow to stand or spend considerable time of their own talking allotment rebutting.TTFN,WK