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To: Doctor Stochastic
Creationists seem to be unable to grasp the idea that scientific theories do not require proof nor can any theory be proven.

It's just one of his moronically-recycled word games, where he equivocates the meaning of "proof." He'll use it as though it meant "demonstration of metaphysical certitude," but when challenged, he'll claim he only meant "evidence." He's used this bait'n'switch tactic dating back two years, and was called on it back then.

Yet he's back yet again to make a raving fool of himself, using the same tired, fallacious argument......

But what can one expect from a person who thinks that nuclear fission is a "chemical reaction," that "a circle is not an ellipse," that "1720" is a really big number, that the planets whiz around in "wildly elliptical" orbits, and that infrared radiation causes sunburn?

1,863 posted on 05/22/2003 8:54:29 PM PDT by longshadow
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To: longshadow
PLACEMARKER Hee hee!
1,865 posted on 05/23/2003 4:00:06 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: longshadow; gore3000
But what can one expect from a person who thinks that nuclear fission is a "chemical reaction," that "a circle is not an ellipse," that "1720" is a really big number, that the planets whiz around in "wildly elliptical" orbits, and that infrared radiation causes sunburn?

Don't forget that "there are no plant phyla."

1,871 posted on 05/23/2003 10:05:45 AM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: longshadow
You forgot "chimps have tails, and there are no plant phyla."
1,892 posted on 05/24/2003 5:42:17 AM PDT by Junior (Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.)
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