Now that this crevo thread is on the Religion Forum, all participants must comply with the guidelines. Philosophical beliefs (methodological naturalism, metaphysical naturalism, scientism, scientific materialism, realism, idealism, etc.) will be treated here with the same equal hand as theological beliefs. hrmn... so, we can expect you to purge this thread of all iterations of broad declarations that "evolution is pure rubbish" et omnia generis alia, right?
surprise me: give me empirical evidence that you mean what you say.
question: when a poster makes (a series of) false statement(s), is corrected by others, repeats the false statement(s), is corrected again and is shown in exquisite detail the depth of the falsity of his posts, and this person continues to post the same false statement(s), does this not constitute ample illustration of either that poster's incurable stupidity or that poster's deliberate mendacity?
Particularly with regard to theology and philosophy, such conduct is almost never stupidity or mendacity. It is most always a matter of belief.
For instance, member(s) of confession A may aver repeatedly that members of confession B are in danger of hellfire due to its assertion of doctrine n. Absolutely no evidence to the contrary by a member of confession B will convince the A posters that it is their confession which is in error as to the truth of the matter. The only solution is for both sides to make the argument – respectfully - for the umpteenth time in the hopes that some passers-by may be persuaded.
Since posters behave this way over doctrinal issues, why would they behave any differently where their doctrines intersect with science?
and, as an aside - since you brought it up, if neither you nor PH put this thread into the religion forum, exactly who did? I still await an explanation of this ill-considered miraculous event.
There are a number of moderators all of whom have the power to move a thread and we operate with a
stare decisis understanding among ourselves. For instance, when one of us moves a thread or makes a decision to remove or not remove a post or poster - the others will try not to disturb the decision.
hrmn... so, we can expect you to purge this thread of all iterations of broad declarations that "evolution is pure rubbish" et omnia generis alia, right?
With a few exceptions (anti-Semitism, supremacists and the ilk) - I do not purge condemnations of theologies or philosophies or theories or authors or religious leaders – only condemnations of other Freepers.