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ringo
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Message 8 of 44 (722487)
03-21-2014 1:03 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by lokiare
03-21-2014 8:32 AM

lokiare writes:
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... the shotgun fallacy [Shooting off so many arguments and points in a discussion that the opposition cannot possibly respond to them all or many of them in a reasonable amount of time and if they did their post would take up 3-4 pages]).
So take 3-4 pages.
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Unfortunately, as Jed Clampett used to say, "When he tells you 'howdy' he's told you everything he knows." Creationism is an empty vessel. It will always be drowned by facts.
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Message 13 of 44 (722547)
03-22-2014 11:43 AM 		Reply to: Message 9 by AZPaul3
03-21-2014 2:14 PM

AZPaul3 writes:
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Appeal to Authority fallacy.
It would be if I cited Jed Clampett as an authority on ignorance. I didn't. I take full responsibility for the claim that creationists don't know anything beyond "howdy".
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03-25-2014 12:17 PM 		Reply to: Message 34 by Faith
03-25-2014 8:39 AM

Re: Pressie is two edumacated
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If I didn't get insults at EvC I'd feel I wasn't doing my job.
Yes, we know your full-time job is martyrdom.
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