[VadeRetro]

Do you really think lawyering equals debate?

Arguing with creationists is little more than playing "Spot the Gimmick." Most of the time the gimmick is from the family of Old Familiars:

• "You can't make me see, understand, or remember anything you say."
• "You can't forestall me by anticipating my argument and refuting it in advance; I'll blast a copy of the ICR/AiG/ARN/Discovery/whatever article inline anyway and make you do it all over again."
• "You can't explain yourself so clearly that I can't twist it and shout it as something ridiculous or evil."

[js1138]

Arguing with creationists is little more than playing "Spot the Gimmick."

You forgot the most important gimmick. If one of us delivers an incomplete or flawed argument, the entire history of science is refuted.