General discussion of moderation procedures: The Sequel

I think there is a fundamental (no pun intended) problem at the heart of EvC Forum, at least as far as the Evolution vs Creation science discussions are concerned.Let's take the YEC belief in a young Earth as the prime example. This was shown to be wrong something like 200 years ago by people who were both Christians and believers in a young Earth. Although they had no way to establish the actual age of the Earth they worked out that beyond a shadow of a doubt it was much, much older than 6000 years.The same is true for the Flood. There is no evidence for it in the geological record - in fact there is categoric evidence it never happened.There will be an endless supply of (mostly) completely unqualified people who want to argue these issues but because the evidence is so overwhelming there can be no real scientific debate.The real problem is that these people have the view that if the bible is not totally true in every last detail then none of it is and their faith will be destroyed - and their faith is probably the single most important thing in their lives. Is it really possible to have a sensible debate with someone who has that level of emotional investment in their side of the argument?As far as I can see the inevitable consequence of this is that you are going to have to deal with people who can't accept being shown they are wrong. Isn't the end result of enforcing the evidence and rebuttal guidelines going to be that there are no creos left, because they've all either had to admit they were wrong or they've left/been banned?Having said all that EvC is one of my favourite places on the Web. I have two selfish reasons for hoping you manage to attract and keep creationists here. First I've learned loads of stuff from the people who know what they're talking about (this is true in both the Science and Religion areas). Second creos say the funniest things I still get a giggle out of:

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Over three weeks ago in Message 142 of the predecessor thread to this one I pointed out that Faith is, by her own admission, only staying around because she's allowed to throw insults by the Admins.My last paragraph in that message: After the Meteor Thread I lean even more towards the "outrageous argument troll" opinion than I did.

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