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liquid · 01-24-2002, 03:47 AM

I have been seriously thinking about writing a creationist book.

Why? I would dearly love to get famous and enjoy large sales, diverting money from the creationist economy into the atheist pocket. And then I would like to destroy it all by admitting it was a hoax, and present a written debunking of my own book.

Can you imagine the scandal?!

Seriously though, has this sort of thing been done before? How easy is it to get a creationist book published? How much damage do you think it would do?

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Pandora · 01-24-2002, 04:20 AM

Sounds like a good idea.

I don’t know how difficult it would be to get it published, but to become an acclaimed “expert” in Creationism seems pretty easy to me. You just have to fork out a few thousand dollars and a few weeks work for your doctorate.

If money is a problem: simple….start your own one-man-university and award yourself the degrees.

The worst thing would be having to mingle with all the dumb fundies to promote it!

Coragyps · 01-24-2002, 05:31 AM

Ooh! Ooh! Over here! I've got a PhD (so it's in chemistry - "Organic Chemistry" sounds like it's about life) and I'd be happy to prostitute myself for a year or two for a cause like that! We could split up the writing, then split up the profits and have a keg party!

Writer@Large · 01-24-2002, 05:37 AM

If you two write it, I'll dedicate my services as an editor (teaching comp must be valuable for something ... ).

--W@L

ecco · 01-24-2002, 05:44 AM

Liquid,

Go for it! However, if it did work out I doubt seriously that you would ever want to admit it was a hoax:

1- Think about all that MONEY!
2- It would just prove (to THEM) that a demon took possession of your soul.
3- Someone would probably stone ya to death.

Pandora · 01-24-2002, 05:52 AM

I’ll do the illustrations ….

faded_Glory · 01-24-2002, 05:54 AM

You may want to deposit a letter with your sollicitor that it is a hoax, just in case you get run over by a bus before you had the chance to admit to the hoax....

fG

liquid · 01-24-2002, 06:01 AM

That's good advice Faded! After all, the mighty LORD may well smite me for my arrogance and deceit.

liquid · 01-24-2002, 06:03 AM

But thinking about it, I feel it needs to contain some new kind of distortion of the truth, otherwise it'll just be rehashing all the others. Any ideas at coming up with a new creationist super-theory?

(And wait a couple of months and it'll probably get quoted at you from a lurking creationist!)

Quetzal · 01-24-2002, 06:17 AM

Great idea, Liquid! Let me know if you need any help. I'd love to contribute spurious, (errr, I mean scientific) evidence to assist the endeavor.

Will you plan it as a YEC, OEC, or ID? Maybe there's some way you could totally conflate the three? Call it the "neo-Creationist Synthesis" or something...

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liquid Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,440	Creation book hoax I have been seriously thinking about writing a creationist book. Why? I would dearly love to get famous and enjoy large sales, diverting money from the creationist economy into the atheist pocket. And then I would like to destroy it all by admitting it was a hoax, and present a written debunking of my own book. Can you imagine the scandal?! Seriously though, has this sort of thing been done before? How easy is it to get a creationist book published? How much damage do you think it would do? [ January 24, 2002: Message edited by: liquid ]</p>

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01-24-2002, 04:20 AM	#2
Pandora Regular Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: UK Posts: 367	Sounds like a good idea. I don’t know how difficult it would be to get it published, but to become an acclaimed “expert” in Creationism seems pretty easy to me. You just have to fork out a few thousand dollars and a few weeks work for your doctorate. If money is a problem: simple….start your own one-man-university and award yourself the degrees. The worst thing would be having to mingle with all the dumb fundies to promote it!

01-24-2002, 05:31 AM	#3
Coragyps Veteran Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Snyder,Texas,USA Posts: 4,411	Ooh! Ooh! Over here! I've got a PhD (so it's in chemistry - "Organic Chemistry" sounds like it's about life) and I'd be happy to prostitute myself for a year or two for a cause like that! We could split up the writing, then split up the profits and have a keg party!

01-24-2002, 05:37 AM	#4
Writer@Large Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 7,198	If you two write it, I'll dedicate my services as an editor (teaching comp must be valuable for something ... ). --W@L

01-24-2002, 05:44 AM	#5
ecco Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: SE Posts: 4,845	Liquid, Go for it! However, if it did work out I doubt seriously that you would ever want to admit it was a hoax: 1- Think about all that MONEY! 2- It would just prove (to THEM) that a demon took possession of your soul. 3- Someone would probably stone ya to death.

01-24-2002, 05:52 AM	#6
Pandora Regular Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: UK Posts: 367	I’ll do the illustrations ….

01-24-2002, 05:54 AM	#7
faded_Glory Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Cairo, Egypt Posts: 1,128	You may want to deposit a letter with your sollicitor that it is a hoax, just in case you get run over by a bus before you had the chance to admit to the hoax.... fG

01-24-2002, 06:01 AM	#8
liquid Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,440	That's good advice Faded! After all, the mighty LORD may well smite me for my arrogance and deceit.

01-24-2002, 06:03 AM	#9
liquid Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,440	But thinking about it, I feel it needs to contain some new kind of distortion of the truth, otherwise it'll just be rehashing all the others. Any ideas at coming up with a new creationist super-theory? (And wait a couple of months and it'll probably get quoted at you from a lurking creationist!)

01-24-2002, 06:17 AM	#10
Quetzal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ecuador Posts: 738	Great idea, Liquid! Let me know if you need any help. I'd love to contribute spurious, (errr, I mean scientific) evidence to assist the endeavor. Will you plan it as a YEC, OEC, or ID? Maybe there's some way you could totally conflate the three? Call it the "neo-Creationist Synthesis" or something...

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