Stephen Did you watch the video(s)? It is kind of standard, to use their words, "pithy examples that disprove evolution". Of course they ask loaded questions and show a complete lack of understanding for geological time- "Can you imagine that a male dog evolved and that he suddenly had vision where he had never had it before? It would only work if he could also find a female. Which would have to have evolved by chance at the same time and place. Without that female he is a dead dog!"
That is their evidence against it. It is a familiar strategy- See- it doesn't make sense. While, of course, making ridiculous assertions and asking silly nonsensical questions- "Did you know that God gave us 6 senses? The sixth sense is common sense! And you just have to use your common sense to refute this silly theory!" That's pretty close to a quote. BTW- Darwin was a sad old man who lost his daughter. He was in the ministry but was never "saved" (The quote is, "He was never one of us.". So when his daughter died, he became very bitter and took it out on the church by devising this silly fairly tale to distract people in order to "get even with God". Wow. How can you not believe. If it is difficult or not "common sense" it can't be true!! So the whole virgin birth, resurrection and magical man in the sky thing. That is just common sense, I guess. Tim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:02 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Charles Darwin, for free Coming to a campus near you: a free copy of _On the Origin of Species_ But look who's doing the giving: Living Waters, a Christian evangelical organization. http://www.livingwaters.com/index.php?option=com_content&ta sk=view&id=383 or http://tinyurl.com/m59ovv (See also the video "Using common sense to debunk evolution" at http://www.livingwaters.com/ ) Is that weird or what? Apparently they feel that OOP is so self- evidently ridiculous that merely putting it in peoples' hands is enough to convince them to reject evolution. Risky tactic. LA Times reports on this remarkable project at http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/11/creationists- charles-darwin-origin-of-species.html or http://tinyurl.com/yhym56w Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
