classic logical fallacy. Argument from silence(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_silence). Since you have not seen it it doesn't exist.
Just look at the survey numbers, over a third of all respondents in various national polls decry evolution and advocate a biblical version of how humanity came to be. You're arguing the classic black swan argument. ie I've never seen a black swan so they do not exist. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, I never met one which is why I think their numbers are few. > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ever talk with a true believer, a classic biblical literalist? They >> have no doubts about human (and any other) evolution. In their mind it >> did not happen. Everything is immutable and fixed at time of creation. >> >> I find it very interesting to watch the semantic gyrations they go >> into when confronted by any contradictory evidence. After all the >> mental contortions and dodges are over, their response always boils >> down to "It ain't in the BIBLE so it didn't happen" >> >> Either that or the contradictory evidence as irrelevant and is >> condemned as either God (or Satan) testing their faith. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315456 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
