'Bill Nye the Science Guy' to Take On Creationist in Evolution Debate (party, state)

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by Ceist

Nope. We can read this thread. It was you who has been unable to come up with the author's best argument for HD to refute as asked. You were only asked to provide one argument, and you couldn't do it.

Looks like you haven't even read the book yourself.

You assign a certain level of ignorance and deceit to any poster that disagrees with you.

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by Ceist

Nope. We can read this thread. It was you who has been unable to come up with the author's best argument for HD to refute as asked. You were only asked to provide one argument, and you couldn't do it.

Looks like you haven't even read the book yourself.

That's really not a surprise. Pretty much nobody ever read it. It was a vanity published religious apologetic, only thinly disguised as a scientific work... and nobody (not even the Discovery Institute) ever gave it much of a second glance.

There can be little doubt that IC has never been within shouting distance of the book, let alone read it.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by Bideshi

You assign a certain level of ignorance and deceit to any poster that disagrees with you.

They're deflecting because they can't refute. That's a well-known response used by the intellectually dishonest and/or weak.

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by Bideshi

You assign a certain level of ignorance and deceit to any poster that disagrees with you.

Such things are not assigned. They are earned.

[GWhopper]

I started this thread, I didn't expect it to get this much traffic. How do I close it?

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

They're deflecting because they can't refute.

Refute what?

You have provided nothing that needs to be refuted.

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

That's a well-known response used by the intellectually dishonest and/or weak.

Did you know that there actually was a punctuation mark for irony?

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

Such things are not assigned. They are earned.

As you know, I also hold you in the highest regard.

[Ceist]

Originally Posted by Bideshi

You assign a certain level of ignorance and deceit to any poster that disagrees with you.

No I don't.

However I do I 'assign a level of ignorance' to someone who repeatedly shows that they plainly don't understand what the Theory of Evolution is.

And I 'assign a level of deceit' to someone who posts a quote-mine of Darwin that has been shown to be a deliberate and deceitful misrepresentation.

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by Bideshi

As you know, I also hold you in the highest regard.

As you know, nobody gives a **** about who you hold in highest regard.

That too is earned.

[Ceist]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

They're deflecting because they can't refute. That's a well-known response used by the intellectually dishonest and/or weak.

And completely misrepresenting the facts seems to be a well-known tactic of evolution deniers. Whether through ignorance or deliberate deceit - or both.