It would be a bit hypocritical of me to advocate reason and logic and then take personal offense when somebody makes a clumsy and misguided effort to rigorously apply logic in the way BOTH has above.
"A little learning is a dangerous thing"
why does this group feel they have to shut down research and posting of such research? ... You see folks, there is a clear leader for all the cyber bullying and it is Cofty.
This is the part that I think needs to be addressed. Others will judge for themselves, my opinion of me is bound to be biased, but I totally reject the accusation of bullying.
I love it when others bring research to the forum. Tell us what you have been reading and why you find it compelling, share some evidence and let's discuss it. What I object to is that the anti-science and the pseudo-science lobby never make any effort. They copy-paste, embed videos, make evidence-free assertions and pretend they have responded to the debate.
I and others challenge assertions. We present evidence in our own words. We research things carefully and only once we really understand it, we explain it for others along with references for further research.
Exposing superstition for what it is, is not bullying. I believe in attacking bad ideas but not in attacking the person who holds them. No rational person wants to silence opposing ideas. I want your beliefs in the flood proclaimed in detail and I want your thread to have 10 000 views so that we can present the facts and expose the bible for what it is - a record of the superstitious beliefs of a pre-scientific bunch of Iron-Age nomads.
I may comment on your misunderstandings of bio-geography later but suffice it to say you have misquoted my comments from a previous thread. In future if you want to comment on something I am supposed to have said please quote it precisely. Why are creationists so skilled at copy-paste except when it suits them to paraphrase?
If you can explain in your own words how bio-geography can be reconciled with the biblical flood myth I would be fascinated to hear it. By the way, despite a number of requests you have still not defined "experimental archaeology".
Now the so-called "KO punch".
Tell me why, for a person who posted your current illness did you turn to the very people you look down upon for comfort? Your actions are Hyprocritical!
I don't look down on anybody. I have contempt for superstition.
If believers can "hate the sin but love the sinner", why can't I hate superstition but love the superstitious?
If you truly do believe in evolution and its theory, why are you not accepting the fact that evolution has selected you for termination, because you no longer fit the criteria of “survival of the fittest”! The conflict is truly yours, in opposition to evolution you try to extend your life.
This line demonstrates you have not the slightest grasp of what it is you reject. I understand theology in some depth. I know the bible in detail. If I didn't I wouldn't be so silly as to criticise it. Why don't believers make the same effort?
Evolution is a fact. It accurately explains how the diversity of living things came about. It is a process without purpose or intent, it's just genes doing their thing. "It" doesn't select anybody for anything.
Genes that built bodies that were better able to reproduce and pass those same genes on to a new generation prospered in the gene pool more than genes that were less "fit".
We are not entirely at the mercy of the relentless process of evolution. As Homo sapiens our speciality was our big brains and our ability for cooperation. Every time we use contraception or take an antibiotic we defy "the tyranny of selfish replicators". When a falcon swoops towards a rock dove evolution hasn't selected the rock dove for elimination. When a human gets a life-threatening illness they haven't been selected. So why do you claim it is hypocritical or dishonest for an atheist to seek treatment for cancer? Is our ability to treat disease not a result of millions of years of evolving big complex brains?
Actually I am accepting of my bad luck in a way I could never have been as a believer. I don't ask why, there is no angst or mystery. Shit happens, it happened to me, now I deal with it.
I have posted about my illness on one particular thread because it seemed reasonable to share my experience. I have never used it in any way to garner sympathy in any other thread or debate and I object strongly to you using it in the way you have.
I am more interested in your ability to defend creationism than your response to the last couple of paragraphs. Mention my illness again in the setting of a debate and I will not be so forgiving.
