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| bobby9 |
 Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject: Why do people laugh at Creationists? |
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Here's a 22 part series outlining the stupidity of creationism and debunking Ben Stein's theories. It is shown how little the creationists know about information, and what it does for civilization.
Here is the complete series back to back. |
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| Obviously |
| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent series, I've watched it all myself and I'm convinced people on this forum will find it just as enjoyable as I found it. 
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
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Meh, can't be arsed to watch it. What does it take the rip out of creationists? Maybe they should do one for atheists  .
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| marnixR |
| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition wrote: |
| Meh, can't be arsed to watch it. What does it take the rip out of creationists? Maybe they should do one for atheists . |
i agree with SV - it's far too easy to take the piss out of creationists + it's not really very constructive
agreed that the main reason why creationists reject evolution is that they don't basic scientific concepts which makes them attack strawmen, but is that laughable ? i'd be inclined to pity, apart from the fact that many other scientific ignoramuses find creationist arguments compelling, and then it's definitely no longer a laughing matter
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I disagree. Creationism should be look down upon, ridiculed and laughed at on every account. It should be debunked, refuted with humour and be utterly anihilated whenever it can. We can't end up having the public become deluded by such stupidity. We must fight! Jihad!
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It's good that people expose them for the intellectual dishonest bunch of misinformed and ignorant drones that they are. And we should support people for doing so.
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| BumFluff |
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| Obviously wrote: |
I disagree. Creationism should be look down upon, ridiculed and laughed at on every account. It should be debunked, refuted with humour and be utterly anihilated whenever it can. We can't end up having the public become deluded by such stupidity. We must fight! Jihad!
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It's good that people expose them for the intellectual dishonest bunch of misinformed and ignorant drones that they are. And we should support people for doing so. |
Jihad eh? Allah would look kindly upon you.
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| marnixR |
| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| Obviously wrote: |
| I disagree. Creationism should be look down upon, ridiculed and laughed at on every account. It should be debunked, refuted with humour and be utterly anihilated whenever it can. |
except that it doesn't work - take a look at our friend jollybear, and how he resolutely refuses to acknowledge that he doesn't have a leg to stand on
this type of person is totally impervious to debunking especially when accompanied by ridicule
by all means continue to argue your corner, but attempts at irony or sarcasm will only make you look bad, and in any event the best you can hope is a stalemate - unless a miracle happens and a lifetime of indoctrination falls away in an instant
since it's totally useless to try and convince a creationist, the best you can hope for is that you prevent the floating audience from falling for the creationist argument - and that is better achieved by staying away from ridicule
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| Selene |
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Why do people laugh at creationists?
Because they are funny.
They are like people who deny electricity and sit in dark houses.
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| Bunbury |
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It's because of the funny hats and big shoes. |
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| Selene |
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| Why do people laugh at creationists? |
It's because of the funny hats and big shoes. |
And big red noses
Either from
A) Grizzling in secret because they know they got it wrong.
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B) Because an evolutionist punched them on the hooter
Honk honk.....
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| KALSTER |
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I don't really find them funny. Frustrating, exasperating, enraging, sad, naive, etc. Few things can be as enraging as an obnoxious, arrogant, dismissive and patronizing ignoramus.
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| Selene |
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Yeah but thank God for:
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| Frustrating, exasperating, enraging, sad, naive, obnoxious, arrogant, dismissive and patronizing ignoramus. |
.......people
they give everyone some kind of 'benchmark' to work with
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| Pong |
| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Back in the day, you could hear a sea of chuckles over the notion we're descended from monkeys, and even fish, or mold. That was funny. |
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
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What are they anyway? I don't know because I don't have interest in them If I don't seem interested, I leave them alone and do no judge them. Why do you not give too hoots about them yet still judge them? You know what goes around comes around.
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| Bunbury |
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I spent most of last weekend with a creationist and didn’t laugh at him once. He asked the group if it was OK to say grace over the breakfast blueberry pancakes, and I grunted ambiguously as the maple syrup ran down my chin. A very minor imposition, I thought, and not worth fussing over. Besides, the pancakes were excellent and he had humped the ingredients up the mountain, and cooked them, so cut the guy some slack I thought.
The challenge came later that day, Sunday, as we snowshoed down the mountain. The group had become spread out and I was, for the first time, caught alone with a creationist. Sure enough he asked me what my spiritual beliefs are and I told him I’m an atheist. He said that’s all right, you’ll still go to heaven, but you won’t feel very comfortable there because all those who accepted Jesus would be so joyous with God and the angels, while I’d be on the outside of the party looking sadly in. S’OK I said, I’ll hang with the Hindus and bikers and Janis Joplin and old Bertie Russell, although he might have half a foot through the shiny portal, and I’ll bet we have more fun, I said. No I didn’t actually say that as I was biting my tongue trying not to laugh at the creationist, which I never did, despite extreme provocation.
I am not making this up. |
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