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Marc_a_b
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 03/19/2002 : 19:20:58
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My nephew is growing up to be a good little skeptic. Recently he came across a Young Earth Creationist site. He tried asking them a question on how come there are no fossils of humans or modern animals alongside dinosaur fossils. He got a response long on words, but short on facts.
He is considering responding with this link.
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James
SFN Regular
USA
754 Posts |
 Posted - 03/19/2002 : 19:28:34 [Permalink]
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My nephew is growing up to be a good little skeptic. Recently he came across a Young Earth Creationist site. He tried asking them a question on how come there are no fossils of humans or modern animals alongside dinosaur fossils. He got a response long on words, but short on facts.
He is considering responding with this link.
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Perfect!
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your common sense." -Buddha |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2002 : 19:28:42 [Permalink]
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Not bad. I like it.
But, I think he should also add a little polite text on his side of the subject.
I'd like to hear how it comes out.
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"Don't tell me your doubts; I've got enough doubts of my own. Tell me something you BELIEVE in!"
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Kaneda Kuonji
Skeptic Friend
USA
138 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2002 : 23:34:01 [Permalink]
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Beautiful...yes, he'll be a great skeptic!
Rodney Dean, CI Order of the Knights of Jubal
Ivbalis.org
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Bradley
Skeptic Friend
USA
147 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2002 : 11:58:19 [Permalink]
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How about the following dialog for a verbal response?
creationist: Who do you think made you?
skeptic: I wasn't made; I evolved. We all evolved - some of us more than others, if you get my drift.
Only the very dullest of the dull fail to get the drift, and, oooh, they don't like that one.
"Too much doubt is better than too much credulity."
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SueW0
New Member
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2002 : 13:54:06 [Permalink]
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Well, that was short on words *and* facts. I think he'd make a better skeptic if he answered back telling them exactly what was wrong with their answer. I bet even a 10-year-old could do that!
Sue
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rickm
Skeptic Friend
Canada
109 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2002 : 23:31:16 [Permalink]
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Great link, I think I will use this one myself.
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How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
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rickm
Skeptic Friend
Canada
109 Posts |
Posted - 03/22/2002 : 17:38:18 [Permalink]
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The link got me banned from a christian debate site. Oh well
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How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
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SueW0
New Member
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2002 : 18:00:47 [Permalink]
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[quote] The link got me banned from a christian debate site[/quote]
That link whould get you banned from any debate site. Name-calling is not debate! There's nothing to stop creationists from doing the same thing.
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Tim
SFN Regular
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2002 : 03:15:02 [Permalink]
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OK, who changed this web site around. I haven't been here in awhile, and I got lost. Oh, well. I guess that's my problem.
Anyway, as much as I loved "this link", and got a great chuckle out of it, I really have to agree with SueW0. I get enough intolerance, and ad hominem attacks from the Christian right to realize I would never want to stoop to the same level.
Sorry, all. But I guess I'm just a spoil sport.
"The Constitution ..., is a marvelous document for self-government by Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society." P. Robertson |
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jec96
Skeptic Friend
USA
61 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2002 : 17:19:06 [Permalink]
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Hey folks..gotta weigh in with Sue on this one...I have found out that calm, rational discussion, and facts presented as there furor rises, is one of the best debate winning tools out there...
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Tim
SFN Regular
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2002 : 03:41:51 [Permalink]
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Hello, Jec. First post? Good to see new blood.
"The Constitution ..., is a marvelous document for self-government by Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society." P. Robertson |
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NottyImp
Skeptic Friend
United Kingdom
143 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2002 : 05:19:53 [Permalink]
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"Hey folks..gotta weigh in with Sue on this one...I have found out that calm, rational discussion, and facts presented as there furor rises, is one of the best debate winning tools out there..."
You do? Shame that never works with my girl-friend (ahem).
OK, I deserve a right panning for that one...
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Posted - 04/10/2002 : 06:14:44 [Permalink]
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quote:
"Hey folks..gotta weigh in with Sue on this one...I have found out that calm, rational discussion, and facts presented as there furor rises, is one of the best debate winning tools out there..."
You do? Shame that never works with my girl-friend (ahem).
OK, I deserve a right panning for that one...
"Be realistic, demand the impossible" - graffiti from Paris, May 1968.
You are making the mistake that you ever had a chance to win the arguement in the first place.
If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
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NottyImp
Skeptic Friend
United Kingdom
143 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2002 : 06:30:38 [Permalink]
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You are making the mistake that you ever had a chance to win the arguement in the first place.
If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?" (Valiant Dancer)
And you''re going to get panned for that one! :)
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jec96
Skeptic Friend
USA
61 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2002 : 09:08:54 [Permalink]
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True, perhaps I used the wrong words...holding ground may be a better phrase. Having been raised Catholic, and first marriage was to a Southern Baptist, and I am now a skeptic...any wonder I am confused?
-It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
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