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Would you prefer stupid to psychotic? I’m just looking for the best fit. You obviously aren’t ignorant.
***I’ve been called all 3. Pick your poison. The more you operate outside of the inductive triangle, the more convincing is the case within the triangle. You seem more interested in finding the right insult than in getting to the facts, the science behind matters. In that respect, you still have no regard for science.

You didn’t exactly attract a swarm of defenders to your claim that the biographical details of Jesus’ life (whichever details you choose) are better attested than the presidency of John Adams.
***There you go again, with the straw argumentation. But as I said to you on that thread on that subject, I’m done with you. If someone else wants to take on the historicity issue I mentioned, that would be a different thing altogether. But you didn’t exactly attract a swarm of defenders yourself.

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Kevmo,

Congratulations on maintaining a proper demeanor despite insults from Internet thugs residing at freerepublic.

Thanks for excellent content also. It seems obvious that good science and good religion do not need insults, intimidation, or coercion to prosper. I like a good intellectual discussion or debate. What I find offensive are attempts to "win" based upon insults, disparagement, claims of consensus, denial of tenure, denial of good work through the "peer review" process, firing, faking data, and using public moneys for presenting one side. All these have been done in the United States in the 20th and 21st centuries. Many of these practices been defended by some here at freerepublic.

I think the main culprits in recent years have been advocates of global warming and some advocates of evolutionary theory. My assessment is that the complexity of climate and the complexity of life on earth, over vast expanses of time, is such that no dogmatism is warranted. Simply saying "we don't know" seems like good science and forbidden words at one and the same time.