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Yeah, I'm all for making fun of creationists, but I draw the line at mocking people who're demonstrating clear symptoms of mental illness. I think we ought to let this one be.

Let's go through this video and see what merits a high rating. 0:00 - A link to drdino.com in the sidebar? This doesn't bode well. 0:18 - Okay, so you don't know what "ad hominem" means. Hint: it doesn't mean "I disagree with what this guy just said." 0:39 - You've not yet presented the...

Okay, so you've proven that humans shouldn't believe in God. Uh, is that really what you were trying to accomplish here, Spartacus?

I don't know of anyone who's doing that, unless by "spontaneous generation" you mean "abiogenesis" and by "prove" you mean "develop a testable hypothesis for," in which case what you said isn't at all what you meant.

"Evolutionists insist that the duck-billed platypus is an evolutionary link between mammals and birds." - Scott Huse, "The Collapse of Evolution" Did you know we did that? I didn't know we did that.

Occam's Razor. Why posit the existence of an unnecessary, unevidenced being with certain characteristics when those characteristics can be attributed to something we already know exists? What.

I think they just need a new tagline to really sell the movie to the second wave of theatergoers. How about: "Expelled: as good as Gigli and Battlefield Earth combined!"

So's everything else, Sport. The point is that, due to the mutation, the cell begins to transcribe a different sort of molecule from the one it did before, which has its own unique (here it comes) structure as well as function. Please don't tell me you're demanding to see a structure that...

Fill in the blank: Enzymes don't count as structures because ______. (And no, "they're really tiny" isn't going to cut it here...)

This could have been losslessly compressed down to: "Evolutionists say mutations happen; I disagree. Also they hate God." Here are some new features produced by mutation. Given your behavior in the past, however, I fully expect you to handwave these away even though they're exactly what you...

That was a moderator? :sigh: Oh, well. Anyone watch the entire video? Anything worthwhile in there?

I don't think anyone's accused you of providing too much evidence. Too many assertions, sure - that technique is known as the Gish Gallop, and is commonly used by creationists who'd prefer not to dwell too long on any single claim because they don't have the evidence to back them up.

Man, everyone knows about those. Let's go over some of the less well-known requirements: Superfluous third nipple Deep, possibly pathological appreciation for MacGyver seasons 1 through 5 and 7 (but absolutely not 6) Distaste for sourdough Ability to speak fluent Tagalog Allergy to lip balm...

Godwin's Law = auto-fail. Next time you feel inclined to start a thread, try less guilt by association. You can't disprove a theory by demonstrating that bad people knew about it.

The penny may never drop. That's no excuse not to take the high road, however. Even if the die-hard creationists are never convinced - and they won't be; that's the power of Morton's Demon at work - there are still fence-sitters who can be swayed through the application of reason. A few people...

Hold on. Any argument that includes the phrase "my opponents know they're wrong but refuse to admit it," or something close to it, is wrong. Even if creationists are just a bunch of devil's advocates - pardon the expression - their arguments still ought to be held up to reason rather than...

I think that's what you're saying. Please correct me if I'm wrong. And apparently so. I'm given to understand that Expelled leans pretty heavily on accusations of Nazi-hood. It's sort of disappointing that this movie, whose apparent goal was to complain about how IDists aren't permitted to...

Only if you define "propaganda" so broadly that any criticism falls under its umbrella.

Congratulations! She should be proud - smart and beautiful is a rare combination. ;)

While I'm not particularly interested in Expelled - I'd really prefer the whole stupid crapstorm just blow over - I had to point out this comic. - from Overcompensating