Blind Appeal to Authority
This is often the first resort used to discredit those who do not cower to the opinion of the majority. Yet every major breakthrough in science has happened because some researcher looked beyond the prevailing opinion. An authority stating that something is true does not make it true. When searching for the truth, rely on the quality and quantity of evidance rather than on empty claims. In science, experimental evidance must reign supreme-not opinions or appeals to authority.
Selective Use of Evidence
Evidence can be found to support any point of view-no matter how absurd it is. Truth is usually found by examining what most of the evidance supports. For example,lots of animals have similar appearances and features. Is it any surprise that some fossils can be found that combine intermediate features between the features of two different animals? Just because a bicycle and a motorcycle both have two wheels does not mean random changes in a bike can turn it into a motorcycle. What does the bulk of the fossil evidance reveal? An honest viewing of the fossil record reveals distinctly different types of animals without intermediate transitions.
Ad Hominem Arguments
Ad hominem is Latin for "to the man". Those who publicly defend the scientific evidance for creation are often greeted with personal insults and attacks which have nothing to do with the evidance. The weaker the evidance for evolution, the more vehement the attacks. The essence of the attacks are, " Creationists believe in God. Therefore they are biased and anything they say on the subject of origins cannot be trusted." Everyone is biased. believers in evolution whose jobs and funding depend upon agreement with naturalistic interpretations are also highly biased. It is the quality and testability of the scientific evidance which must determine a theory's validity.
Testable Conclusions
One must learn to distinguish between interpretations and facts. Carl Sagan stated, " The Cosmos is all there is, or ever was, or ever will be." this is opinion...not science. How could statements such as this ever be tested? On the other hand, Creationists make the following type of claims:
1. There has been a worldwide flood in the past.
2. Random information cannot produce ordered complexity by natural processes.
3. One type of life has never changed into a distinctly different type with new functioning features not originally programmed into the creature's DNA code.
4. Mutations destroy rather then create useful functioning features.
These statements are scientifically testable and there is enormous evidance to support each.
Straw Man Argument
A straw man argument is when a position is distorted and the distortion is then attacked. This is repeatedly done by evolutionists. The creation/evolution debate is about determining the truth of the past. Yet,believers in evolution constantly set up a straw man attack by trying to make this into an issue of religion vs, science
Begging the Question
Begging the question is asking a question to which you already assumed an answer. Evolutionists start with the assumption that creation is a myth, there has never been a worldwide flood, and all animal life has evolved from a common source. By defining science to exclude supernatural intervention, evolutionists have begged the question by eliminating the truth before starting the debate. No honest debate is even possible under such circumstances.
This is often the first resort used to discredit those who do not cower to the opinion of the majority. Yet every major breakthrough in science has happened because some researcher looked beyond the prevailing opinion. An authority stating that something is true does not make it true. When searching for the truth, rely on the quality and quantity of evidance rather than on empty claims. In science, experimental evidance must reign supreme-not opinions or appeals to authority.
Selective Use of Evidence
Evidence can be found to support any point of view-no matter how absurd it is. Truth is usually found by examining what most of the evidance supports. For example,lots of animals have similar appearances and features. Is it any surprise that some fossils can be found that combine intermediate features between the features of two different animals? Just because a bicycle and a motorcycle both have two wheels does not mean random changes in a bike can turn it into a motorcycle. What does the bulk of the fossil evidance reveal? An honest viewing of the fossil record reveals distinctly different types of animals without intermediate transitions.
Ad Hominem Arguments
Ad hominem is Latin for "to the man". Those who publicly defend the scientific evidance for creation are often greeted with personal insults and attacks which have nothing to do with the evidance. The weaker the evidance for evolution, the more vehement the attacks. The essence of the attacks are, " Creationists believe in God. Therefore they are biased and anything they say on the subject of origins cannot be trusted." Everyone is biased. believers in evolution whose jobs and funding depend upon agreement with naturalistic interpretations are also highly biased. It is the quality and testability of the scientific evidance which must determine a theory's validity.
Testable Conclusions
One must learn to distinguish between interpretations and facts. Carl Sagan stated, " The Cosmos is all there is, or ever was, or ever will be." this is opinion...not science. How could statements such as this ever be tested? On the other hand, Creationists make the following type of claims:
1. There has been a worldwide flood in the past.
2. Random information cannot produce ordered complexity by natural processes.
3. One type of life has never changed into a distinctly different type with new functioning features not originally programmed into the creature's DNA code.
4. Mutations destroy rather then create useful functioning features.
These statements are scientifically testable and there is enormous evidance to support each.
Straw Man Argument
A straw man argument is when a position is distorted and the distortion is then attacked. This is repeatedly done by evolutionists. The creation/evolution debate is about determining the truth of the past. Yet,believers in evolution constantly set up a straw man attack by trying to make this into an issue of religion vs, science
Begging the Question
Begging the question is asking a question to which you already assumed an answer. Evolutionists start with the assumption that creation is a myth, there has never been a worldwide flood, and all animal life has evolved from a common source. By defining science to exclude supernatural intervention, evolutionists have begged the question by eliminating the truth before starting the debate. No honest debate is even possible under such circumstances.
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