[betty boop]

You can question my credentials all you want — but can you dispute my knowledge of the subject?

Dear allmendream, neither Alamo Girl nor I has ever called into question your credentials and expertise as a working scientist. Not once, not ever.

Frankly, we have no use for argumentum ad hominem debate tactics. They are "all heat and no light," thus thoroughly counterproductive; and therefore to be avoided in principle.

And so, we don't question your bona fides, on principle.

Capice?

[allmendream]

I didn't mention my credentials on this thread - the only mention of them was your supposed charity in not questioning them.

My point is that you are free to question my credentials (which I didn't mention) all you want - but that it would be difficult for you to dispute my knowledge on the subject - seeings as how easily I can demonstrate it and how little you know of it.

And yes, ad hominem attacks are all heat and no light - and in such a vein do I view all such attempts you and your cohort make in attempting to make it personal and about my specific religious beliefs.

But when the going gets tough for creationists when arguing against a scientific theory they don't really understand well, making an argument against atheism or accusing anyone who disagrees of atheism seems a convenient fallback argument.

[Alamo-Girl]

Frankly, we have no use for argumentum ad hominem debate tactics. They are "all heat and no light," thus thoroughly counterproductive; and therefore to be avoided in principle.

I very strongly agree and will not be replying to the correspondent in this sidebar as long as the subject of his posts remain "me" "myself" and "I."