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randman's last desperate gasp....
just a report, ladies and gentleman, on the denouement of the randman incident.
The election is in progress and that randy bugger-- and every evolutionist's worst nightmare-- randmen of Zigga zumba land, is gasping like a "fish" out of water at his imminent defeat at the hands of that "just a theory"---mere Darwinism--and it's evil proponents. He seems to be accepting defeat at the hands of the timeless American tradition--the Democratic vote of his peers in ZZL-land (too bad they can't just look at the evidence and decide, hmmm?). Sadly, though, the controversy was so venomous that evolution threads are being eliminated at a rapid rate as well--but that is beside the point. Anyway, randman, always the clever, sharp debater who recognizes in an instant the "tactics and aims" of evilotionists, pulls out the final solution--the appeal to emotion. I leave this with you in memorium to the electronic demise of a fundie (and also becasue it will be deleted soon): Quote:
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Has anybody pointed out yet that evolution and belief in god(s) are not mutually exclusive? Creationists always seem to try to frame the argument in terms of evolution = atheism but many Christians consider evolution to be the tool by which their god created life. (And if he raises the red herring argument that "God would not create using death and destruction" then just point out that we already have death and destruction all around us, and then ask sweetly just what deity he believes created the earth in the first place?)
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The funniest part is where he compares himself to God, and his art to God's creation. All of his art looks basically the same is supposed to be evidence for creationism?
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Any number of things could falsify evolutionary theory; for example, the discovery of ANY organism occurring before the group it evolved from came into existence would pose a serious problem for evolution. A rabbit fossil in Precambrian sediments--or ANY OTHER modern vertebrate--for example. ANY modern mammal in any Paleozoic sediments. Human fossils in Mesozoic sediments. The list goes on and on. I might also point out that the sudden appearance of a previously unknown, completely new species of large (i.e., conspicuous) mammal, in a well-known area like Central Park, would immediately falsify evolution. [ March 14, 2002: Message edited by: MrDarwin ]</p> |
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If evolution can't be falsified, then what was it he was arguing about in the first place? Why did he bring up all of those quotes (in his one-trick-pony way) from people who supposedly said that the fossil record falsifies evolution? If anything pisses me off about creationism/ID, it's the blatant hypocrisy. Michael Behe, on NPR last week, stated that Darwinism was unfalsifiable, right after bringing up the bacterial flagellum as an example of something that falsifies Darwinism! Just what the hell did he develop his IC concept for if not to falsify Darwinism? It sure doesn't give any positive evidence of ID. I just don't understand these people.
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Last night, I finally got approval to post on that board. I had planned to give the Opposition's Rebuttal to some of the more ridiculous claims of how he was treated during his short, boring time here.
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I bit of a hoot..
I directed a friend to the Infidels boards because I thought he might be interested. He popped in and read up a tad. I got this response. Note that I did not mention any particular trolls or forums, just the board. It appears that randman sticks out like a sore thumb: "That guy randman is a hoot....he even posted to a thread about relativity, time travel, and black holes, where he loves to think about such things because it lets him know how big and powerful god is... Sadly, Randman clearly does not possess enough common sense to frame his world in a rational manner, so he has turned to religion to frame it for him. I imagine he sleeps alot better now that all that random chance is out of his life and there is absolution in its place. I wonder if randman ever thought of the terrifying implications of his beliefs. More likely, he is so pacified at not having questions he doesn't care." |
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