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Old 02-26-2014, 01:28 PM
 
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You must be looking yourself in the mirror and telling yourself that.
We stay away from mirrors - they will trap your soul. And demons can use them as gateways into our world, too. If you gaze into the eyes of a demon while looking in a mirror, it will possess you. And you wouldn't want your head to spin 360 degrees while vomiting pea-green soup.
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Old 02-26-2014, 01:34 PM
 
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We stay away from mirrors - they will trap your soul. And demons can use them as gateways into our world, too. If you gaze into the eyes of a demon while looking in a mirror, it will possess you. And you wouldn't want your head to spin 360 degrees while vomiting pea-green soup.
But how will I ever get through the looking glass if I don't look into it?
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Old 02-26-2014, 01:40 PM
 
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Bill Nye: The Science Guy - Pseudoscience (Full Episode) - YouTube

This should have been played during the debate.

Yes, evolution should definitely fall in the parameter of pseudoscience since it defies the laws of science and is not provable. It is just based upon urban legends.
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Old 02-26-2014, 01:50 PM
 
Location: Northeastern US
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Yes, evolution should definitely fall in the parameter of pseudoscience since it defies the laws of science and is not provable. It is just based upon urban legends.
Your technique is interesting in that you have abandoned even a pretense of logical argument. You are basically making aggressive claims that your opponents use the very unsubstantiated flights of fancy you engage in yourself. Either you are cynically using this technique to deflect and ignore arguments for which you have no adequate response, or you are projecting like crazy. Or both. Either way, it is rather like claiming that I have green skin, despite the fact that everyone who has ever seen me knows it's not green, and then when I point this out and even submit to testing with a color meter that demonstrates my skin is not green, you simply say that my non-green skin is based on urban legends and defies science and is not provable.

Carry on; you're not doing you or your cause any favors. Quite the opposite.
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Old 02-26-2014, 02:00 PM
 
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Your technique is interesting in that you have abandoned even a pretense of logical argument. You are basically making aggressive claims that your opponents use the very unsubstantiated flights of fancy you engage in yourself. Either you are cynically using this technique to deflect and ignore arguments for which you have no adequate response . . .
Bingo! Ding! Ding! Ding! Welcome to the game, mordant.
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Old 02-26-2014, 02:22 PM
 
Location: Vernon, British Columbia
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Yes, evolution should definitely fall in the parameter of pseudoscience since it defies the laws of science and is not provable. It is just based upon urban legends.
I think he is implying that evolutionists are less likely to believe in pseudoscience, but by the same token you believe the opposite. Of course, the scientific way of doing things would be to conduct a study. Until then it's merely an opinion of faith. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Lots of people on both side of the evolution/creation isle believe whole heatedly in pseudoscience. Even on this forum I can find numerous cases of people on both sides who refuse to change their minds on things even when the facts come out.
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Old 02-26-2014, 02:24 PM
 
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Your technique is interesting in that you have abandoned even a pretense of logical argument. You are basically making aggressive claims that your opponents use the very unsubstantiated flights of fancy you engage in yourself. Either you are cynically using this technique to deflect and ignore arguments for which you have no adequate response, or you are projecting like crazy. Or both. Either way, it is rather like claiming that I have green skin, despite the fact that everyone who has ever seen me knows it's not green, and then when I point this out and even submit to testing with a color meter that demonstrates my skin is not green, you simply say that my non-green skin is based on urban legends and defies science and is not provable.

Carry on; you're not doing you or your cause any favors. Quite the opposite.
There is no logical argument available to scientifically PROVE single celled amoebas are the creator of all the varied species of animal and plant life.

The difference between your skin color and evolution is that we can scientifically prove your skin color is not green. No one can prove we evolved from single celled amoebas. No one. No one ever has and no one ever will be able to prove it. There is just not one teeny bit of scientific proof for evolution from single celled amoebas. None. Zilch.
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Old 02-26-2014, 02:32 PM
 
Location: Georgia, USA
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There is no logical argument available to scientifically PROVE single celled amoebas are the creator of all the varied species of animal and plant life.

The difference between your skin color and evolution is that we can scientifically prove your skin color is not green. No one can prove we evolved from single celled amoebas. No one. No one ever has and no one ever will be able to prove it. There is just not one teeny bit of scientific proof for evolution from single celled amoebas. None. Zilch.
Try again.

Amoeba Genome Shows Evolution of Complex Life
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Old 02-26-2014, 02:42 PM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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He won't read it.

And if he does, he won't understand it.

And if he does understand it, he won't admit it.
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Old 02-26-2014, 03:07 PM
 
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Your link does not prove humans evolved from single celled amoebas or that all plant life on earth was created by single celled amoebas. So why even post it as if it did?

I read the article you linked to. All it really proves is that God created N. gruberi to do what it does, not because it evolved to do what it does but because God created it to do what it does.

There is absolutely no proof single celled amoebas are the creators of all plant and animal life on planet earth. None. Zilch. Nada.
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