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To: jimmyray

I’ve found a lot in common between the way evoatheists argue and the way leftists argue.

I describe their primary rhetorical device as
“proof by arrogant condescension”.


235 posted on 08/27/2008 7:47:20 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: MrB; GourmetDan
I believe I included actual mathematical calculations which showed the statement to be absolutely and unambiguously false; that is hardly an example of “proof by arrogant condescension”.

Just how gracious can one be to someone who proposes a Geocentric model but will not describe the necessary components that would make the model work or cite the relevant passage of the Bible that he feels suggests a Geocentric universe, makes blatantly incorrect statements that are easily checked by simple mathematics, and keeps saying that anyone who isn't a Geocentrist just doesn't understand the brilliance of his mechanism which he will not explain?

238 posted on 08/27/2008 8:02:26 AM PDT by allmendream (If "the New Yorker" makes a joke, and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
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