Kalamata:
"Joey cannot discuss a topic without casting aspersions.
In his very first post to me on Free Republic, Joey (a non-scientist) lectured me (a scientist) on how ignorant I was about science." Kalamata claims to be a scientist, but his posts make perfectly clear he's just the opposite, he's anti-science.
Worse, he dishonestly claims that whatever Kalamata believes is science, while what he disagrees with is not.
So "science" in Kalamata's world-view begins with the Bible and ends wherever it might be seen to conflict with Kalamata's interpretations of Biblical text.
As for "casting aspersions", that's what Kalamata does -- it's not just his modus operandi, it's also his raison d'etre.
Kalamata: "The problem with know-it-alls, like Joey, is they have been name-calling for so long they don’t even realize their words are insulting.
The only “insults” they hear are those thown back at them."
"Know-it-all" certainly describes Kalamata, with smears, name-calling & insults his major weapons.
He also brings a large repertoire of tactics for denying reality and asserting his own fantasies.
In all fairness, Kalamata's ability to word-search whole libraries full of books & documents in order to deliver accurate quotes is beyond anything I can approach or have seen elsewhere.
Yes, I've seen him abuse quotes, for example, to make a scientist like Stephen Gould sound anti-science, but I've never yet seen, or caught, Kalamata faking quotes. ![]()
>>Joey wrote: “Kalamata claims to be a scientist, but his posts make perfectly clear he’s just the opposite, he’s anti-science.”
No, Joey. I am anti-Junk Science, such as the junk science of evolutionism.
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>>Joey wrote: “Worse, he dishonestly claims that whatever Kalamata believes is science, while what he disagrees with is not.”
No, Joey. I trust science as presented by scientists when it is verifiable. I distrust junk science, such as evolutionism, because there is no evidence to support it.
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>>Joey wrote: “So “science” in Kalamata’s world-view begins with the Bible and ends wherever it might be seen to conflict with Kalamata’s interpretations of Biblical text.”
Joey is always making up stories, like a good little evolutionist. That seems to be all the evolutionist knows how to do is make up just-so stories. There is certainly no evidence that supports it.
I, personally, have been a Christian for most of my life; but I was an evolutionist and an old-earther until this decade when I saw contrary evidence for the first time. When I realized the evidence pointed to a global flood, I didn’t discard it like a religious fanatic would. I followed the evidence wherever it led me. That is what scientists are (supposedly) trained to do.
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>>Joey wrote: “As for “casting aspersions”, that’s what Kalamata does — it’s not just his modus operandi, it’s also his raison d’etre.”
Again, I am a counter-puncher.
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>>Kalamata wrote: “The problem with know-it-alls, like Joey, is they have been name-calling for so long they don’t even realize their words are insulting. The only “insults” they hear are those thown back at them.”
>>Joey wrote: “”Know-it-all” certainly describes Kalamata, with smears, name-calling & insults his major weapons. He also brings a large repertoire of tactics for denying reality and asserting his own fantasies.”
Yeah, sure, Joey . . .
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>>Kalamata wrote: “In all fairness, Kalamata’s ability to word-search whole libraries full of books & documents in order to deliver accurate quotes is beyond anything I can approach or have seen elsewhere.”
I was blessed to be able to attend five great universities, Joey.
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>>Kalamata wrote: “Yes, I’ve seen him abuse quotes, for example, to make a scientist like Stephen Gould sound anti-science, but I’ve never yet seen, or caught, Kalamata faking quotes.”
Joey will not provide an example of me “making a scientist like Stephen Gould sound anti-science,” because he cannot.
Mr. Kalamata