tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post7593676767819266833..comments2023-10-29T08:19:51.395-05:00Comments on The Raytractors - Ray Comfort's Detractors: Brianb's Lesson on EvolutionMacGyver Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02307024564664964571noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-31173699456396029442008-08-15T12:30:00.000-05:002008-08-15T12:30:00.000-05:00After reading this comment, I offered to send the ...After reading this comment, I offered to send the guy a couple books to help him understand. As I predicted, he has not responded.<BR/><BR/>It plays itself out over and over again: the fastest way to win an argument with a creationist is to offer to buy them books.Three Ninjashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928552876098168839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-65976483508093080102008-08-15T10:19:00.000-05:002008-08-15T10:19:00.000-05:00Charles,Dan Barker tried to explain that to Raynia...Charles,<BR/><BR/>Dan Barker tried to explain that to Rayniac Todd Friel in their debate, but of course Friel was incapable of grasping or even considering the issue.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440039369718675189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-10872125092374403412008-08-15T00:34:00.000-05:002008-08-15T00:34:00.000-05:00Charles, thanks for that perspective. I really had...Charles, thanks for that perspective. I really had never thought about it that way before.Maragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12231231272552028973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-50183582988536960642008-08-14T20:12:00.000-05:002008-08-14T20:12:00.000-05:00geoff said: "I hear lots of creationists talk abou...geoff said: <I>"I hear lots of creationists talk about how animals "know" to evolve or "decide" to evolve. If you tie that thought to the "creation must have a creator" argument, it shows how they cannot conceive of natural processes occuring. The only model they have for actions occuring is of an intelligent agent deliberately executing a plan."</I><BR/><BR/>Interestingly and ironically enough, there's an evolutionary advantage to the human tendency to assign intelligent or at least intentional causality to phenomena. Those ancestors of ours who responded to the sound of rocks moving and twigs snapping by saying, "Yo. What the fuck is doing <I>that</I>?" stood better odds of noticing and evading Mister Large and Hungry.<BR/><BR/>In other words, evolution has favored, in some strange way, the survival of these lackwits who assume that there's got to be somebody running the show.Char'Elshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08257999516820029452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-84139815666532136432008-08-14T15:35:00.000-05:002008-08-14T15:35:00.000-05:00My apologies, Trip, I missed your post and link.My apologies, Trip, I missed your post and link.TJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10570384567898770658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-75115225888543090652008-08-14T15:31:00.001-05:002008-08-14T15:31:00.001-05:00Trip,That is one of my favorite videos, ever.Trip,<BR/><BR/>That is <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjqdLG5RNg" REL="nofollow">one of my favorite videos</A>, ever.nonmagichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12986030395050670437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-25597145545647181982008-08-14T15:31:00.000-05:002008-08-14T15:31:00.000-05:00Yes, he sounds like Miss Garrison on the atheist/e...Yes, he sounds like Miss Garrison on the atheist/evolution/Richard Dawkins episode of South Park. "Retarded fish-frogs have butt sex with squirrels."TJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10570384567898770658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-6355908772955844292008-08-14T15:23:00.000-05:002008-08-14T15:23:00.000-05:00This is what happens when schools don't teach evol...This is what happens when schools don't teach evolution. A billion mistakes here, but one I'd like to point out:<BR/><BR/><I>Or wait, maybe the fish jumped on land and somehow grew lungs, then thought to itself, wow if only I could fly (I think therefore I am) presto wings started growing...</I><BR/><BR/>I hear lots of creationists talk about how animals "know" to evolve or "decide" to evolve. If you tie that thought to the "creation must have a creator" argument, it shows how they cannot conceive of natural processes occuring. The only model they have for actions occuring is of an intelligent agent deliberately executing a plan.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440039369718675189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-73949216524907784542008-08-14T15:22:00.000-05:002008-08-14T15:22:00.000-05:00That description of evolution is almost as intelli...That description of evolution is almost as intelligent as <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0890648/quotes" REL="nofollow">Ms. Garrison's on South Park</A>.TripMaster Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13780570912044493356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-36725680020521667312008-08-14T15:19:00.000-05:002008-08-14T15:19:00.000-05:00Well, shit, if he would have explained it that way...<I>Well, shit, if he would have explained it that way a long time ago I would have seen the error in my EVILutionist way a lot sooner.<BR/><BR/>Gotta go visit Hovind,brb.</I><BR/><BR/>Right. I'm sure Hovind could use some of our money to help his legal fight against is wrongful imprisonment. It's an IRS/Atheist/Evolutionist conspiracy to silence him from speaking the truth. Now, where did I put my checkbook?Randohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425693090292259069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-6613445396892313022008-08-14T15:14:00.000-05:002008-08-14T15:14:00.000-05:00Well, shit, if he would have explained it that way...Well, shit, if he would have explained it that way a long time ago I would have seen the error in my EVILutionist way a lot sooner.<BR/><BR/>Gotta go visit Hovind,brb.nonmagichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12986030395050670437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140917903722388348.post-26456479446233262762008-08-14T15:11:00.000-05:002008-08-14T15:11:00.000-05:00Well, he's not completely off with respect to fish...Well, he's not completely off with respect to fish developing limbs. Didn't happen overnight. At least he's not asking for a crockduck.Igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04561482982374328820noreply@blogger.com