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Thread #142452   Message #3341446
Posted By: Jack the Sailor
21-Apr-12 - 06:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Young Earth Creationism Eureka!
Subject: RE: BS: Young Earth Creationism Eureka!
With your high opinion of Law's book, I don't think your University would want you to say that you studied philosophy and logic there.

Certainly they would not want to hear that you learned something you didn't know already from him.

I did one term of "Logic for Engineers" At my University and all of his stuff was covered, and then some, without the arrogance.

Please note that I feel absolutely no necessity to answer your challenge. See the chapter of the book "Pressing your Buttons" for an explanation as to why.

Again I repeat, this is just my opinion. Anyone is welcome to watch the video or read the book for themselves. In fact if they are vitally interested in the subject. I highly recommend that.

I don't have the time or the inclination to comb through the speech to point out where it falls short.

But I would certainly NOT recommend that an easily swayed person to debate a cult member or theologian armed only with the knowledge of imparted in this book. They are liable to end up believing that the world is flat, or maybe believing that a discussion of some pop culture philosophy with an unidentified and totally unknown person on an Internet forum is evidence of Xenophobia. Though I think that the latter was nothing more than a veiled ad hominem attack.

The main objection I have with Law's book is the idea that something is to be gained, beside amusement and mental exercise, by arguing with people who firmly believe in anything.