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Old 27-September-2007, 03:45 PM
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I'm thinking of writing an article on creationism, but I realised as I contemplated it that I don't really have a clue how to respond to one. Every time I see a creationist online, they're always making some improbable claim without any citation, and it seems, looking over alt.origins, that the claims and counterclaims could fill an encyclopedia. So, let's say I was setting down for an interview with a creationist. What rhetorts should I expect?
Well practiced debating techniques and a twist of semantics. Peter Ward went head to head one time and he says that he failed dramatically because of this.
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(By the way, I hate it that so many papers in the areas of planetary science and geology are not easily available to the dreaded "non-subscribers". It is like they are screaming at me: "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH". Good, I feel better now.)

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