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To: Gumlegs
"Madame, you are second to no one in your ability to hurl ad hominem attacks while whipping up a zesty quote salad with logical fallacy dressing on the side ... and all after a hard day in the quote mine, too."

Madame, so that I may respond to your complaint, you will need to be specific. To wit:

[1]What was the ad hominem attack you're accusing me of making?

[2]what was the logical fallacy you're accusing me of making?

[3]what was the quote you're referencing?

114 posted on 10/16/2005 4:16:58 PM PDT by Matchett-PI ( "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." -- Dwight Eisenhower)
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To: Matchett-PI
[1]What was the ad hominem attack you're accusing me of making?

That would be in this post to this thread: Interesting that the major propagandists for evolution tend to be atheistic story-tellers like Richard Dawkins or ‘political animals’ like fellow atheistic anthropologist Eugenie Scott

The validity of a scientific theory does not stand or fall on the one's theism, or lack thereof.

[2]what was the logical fallacy you're accusing me of making?

That's a two-fer: The ad hom, quoted above, and the idea, also noted above, giving rise to the notion that the validity of a scientific theory is in some way affected by someone's belief in a deity.

[3]what was the quote you're referencing?

It would be much easier to list the quotes you've posted that aren't distorted, out-of-context, or entirely fabricated.

By the way, I'm not a "madame" in any sense of the word. Just FYI.

140 posted on 10/16/2005 5:02:03 PM PDT by Gumlegs
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