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Thread #151764   Message #3547005
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
08-Aug-13 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: Defective Thinkerator Syndrome (DTS)...
Subject: RE: BS: Defective Thinkerator Syndrome (DTS)...
There can't be a creationism v evolution debate. They have nothing to debate.

The former is proposition, the latter is evaluation of evidence. The latter can make the former irrelevant but until and unless the former is backed by evidence,which hitherto it hasn't been, there is no grounds for discussion.


That's where the distinction between "creationism" and "intelligent design" is relevant. The latter does involve "evaluation of evidence", which means that countering it involves seeking to provide more convincing evaluation of the same evidence. That implies that there are, in principle, grounds for discussion.