http://amerikanbeat.net/2009/03/21/on-the-%e2%80%9cpragmatic%e2%80%9d-argument-for-special-creation/ cerebral. communist. hyper. analytical. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:03:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://amerikanbeat.net/2009/03/21/on-the-%e2%80%9cpragmatic%e2%80%9d-argument-for-special-creation/#comment-345 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:37:07 +0000 http://amerikanbeat.net/?p=420#comment-345 Oh yeah, that’s another ‘good’ one. Usually I’m all for polite discussion, but seeing an argument like that always makes me want to slap someone.

]]> http://amerikanbeat.net/2009/03/21/on-the-%e2%80%9cpragmatic%e2%80%9d-argument-for-special-creation/#comment-343 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:00:06 +0000 http://amerikanbeat.net/?p=420#comment-343 Related is the argument against Materialism, that we cannot be just ‘robots made of meat’ or ‘walking bags of chemicals’ (two phrases I’ve actually heard from theists), because this would be inconsistent with our ‘special’ status.

]]> http://amerikanbeat.net/2009/03/21/on-the-%e2%80%9cpragmatic%e2%80%9d-argument-for-special-creation/#comment-342 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:59:50 +0000 http://amerikanbeat.net/?p=420#comment-342 This is a point that an incredible number of people don’t seem to get. Expelled’s greatest fault (among many) is that it never once deals with the actual evidence for evolution, instead focussing entirely on arguments like the ones you’ve highlighted above. Actually, this kind of weak reasoning can be found everywhere in theistic arguments, and it never ceases to be extremely annoying.

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