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I wish you nothing but the best of luck with your attempt, but I fear you are doomed to disappointment. To my knowledge, the only two creation scientists who regularly participate in on-line discussion forums are William Dembski (ARN) and possibly Jonathan Sarfati (TheologyWeb). I have heard of no case where one of the luminaries has appeared on a "hostile" or even neutral forum. Generally, I think the response you will receive - with some justification, I think - (if you get one at all) is that they are too busy to be bothered. After all, these folks make their living doing this. Why should they waste their time for free?It's unfortunate that creationists tend to be swamped on evcforum fairly quickly after appearing. Look at this thread as an example. However, it is the nature of on-line fora, and Percy's activity or inactivity would probably have little impact on the content or participants here. Truth is, this forum is substantially MORE even-handed than most of the ilk you'll find on the web. A hint if you're interested in long participation here: you'll find that the majority of evos respond almost exactly in the fashion in which you approach them. Come on strong or "preachy", you'll get slammed. Come on with bald assertions, you'll see demands for supporting evidence. Come on with a reasoned argument, you'll get reasoned discussion. Mostly, anyhow.Just some thoughts.

Yeah, "reguarly participates" was probably an overstatement. Also, the equation Socrates = Sarfati on Theology web is an unproven albeit probably valid assumption. However, the main point remains: the creationist luminaries are conspicuously absent on even "friendly" websites. I find it highly unlikely that one would deign to beard the lion in its own den, as it were.Still, it would be interesting, n'est-ce pas?

Maybe. But I bet we could structure a discussion as a limited-participation exercise. That might cut down on the cheapshots and random drive-by "you're an idiot" posts. Pretty moot, tho', I agree.

You mean like the IIDB Formal Debates threads? I don't know whether the software on this site has the kind of lock-out features theirs does. Even so, there should be a way to insure heavy moderation (i.e., delete all posts from non-participants). You'd just have to make sure you had all time zones covered, like one Aussie and one damnyankee from the US Eastern seaboard. It'd be worth the effort to get someone like that on this board.

Hehehe. Probably not the most famous debate in the history of the Great Debate, however. Budikka ultimately got suspended and TC became a moderator. Hmmm, wonder what THAT says about Percy's even-handedness...