kmoney, this post is all too typical of your contributions to TOL.
Is that a good or a bad thing??
No.
Not necessarily.
I've never read their writings but not necessarily.
What are you hoping to accomplish? If you're wanting to find out what I believe on the topic of Creation vs. Evolution then a One-on-One might be pointless because to be honest I'm not sure what I believe. I'm sort of in the process (a very slow one) of taking a fresh look at the issue (though this is in a way the first time I'm looking at the issue).
Well was it?
Maybe you should read some of the material at AnswersInGenesis.org. (I especially like Dr. Jon Sarfati's writings.) Then maybe you'll be better qualified to judge whether their advanced-degreed scientists are stupid. Maybe.
I won't deny that all of those things have happened at one time or another, but I didn't think I did it that often.
Such as?
Straight answers on what topics?
I suppose I do find some truth it but that's not to say that I think Creationists are stupid and evolutionists are smart. As of now I lean towards both sides being wrong so I laugh at both sides, though I do admit that most of the stuff I actually post on TOL is directed towards Christians/Creationists.
I do plan to do a lot of reading on this subject, but like I said, it's a long process. Thanks for the suggestion.
Maybe a One on One with Turbo would play a valuable part in that "long process"? :think:
Most likely, yes. :think:
But since you've admitted that you have never read AnswersInGenesis's materials, how do you conclude there is "truth" in the notion that visitors to their museum will leave dumber than they came in? Was that based on evolutionists' disparaging remarks about AiG and/or their museum? Was it based on an episode of The Simpsons? What?
So what are you leaning towards being right? Old-Earth Creationism? Theistic Evolution? Something else?
Why is that?
I don't actually think that people will leave more stupid than when they went. When I said there was some truth in it I didn't mean that. What I meant was that I think there is some truth in Creationists being wrong. Sorry for the confusion.
Right now, if I had to say something I'd go with some form of Theistic Evolution.
Well part of it is I mainly see stuff mocking Creation. There may be things I've seen mocking Evolution that I didn't post but none come to mind. That one thread Knight made with the sand castles was hilarious! If I had seen something similar to that I'm sure I would have posted it, but I don't come across things like that. And the other part I'm not sure what to call. I think the best way is to give an example. Public schooling is railed against all the time on TOL and homeschooling is praised. So I decided to post a thread mocking a homeschooler. I guess it's some form of devil's advocate or defending the side that is getting ridiculed the most. Do I actually find homeschooling objectionable? Absolutely not, but when I see homeschoolers criticizing public schooling in a way that I feel is excessive and/or unwarranted I want to stick up for them and "turn the tables" or whatever you want to call it. I think that's the best answer I can give.
I didn't ask you. Butt out.
You sure will. :wave2:
Then why did you unequivocally answer "No," when I asked if you were an Evolutionist? :doh: Don't you think that answer was, to say the least, misleading?
