Hi Jerry, it is a fact that biological evolution is part
of science, just like so many other areas of science such as geology, or
physics, or chemistry, or others. This is a fact, and I gave you references that
prove this. The issue is not whether you agree with the science, the issue is
that evolution is science, not religion, and the references I gave prove that.
People who deny the facts are (1) ignorant, (2) incompetent, or (3) deceitful.
Geology, physics and/or chemistry are all considered
science because they are testable by the empirical senses. Evolution is not
testable by the empirical senses. Therefore it is not science. In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Thank you for agreeing with me that you believe that
people who deny evolution is science are either ignorant--incompetent (basically
the same thing) or liars. Were you ignorant when you were a young earth
creationist or were you lying? Is you dad ignorant, or is he lying? In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
"Evolution is not testable by the empirical
senses."
If you weren't ignorant and too lazy to research or understood
how science works and what it is, you'd realize this statement is, in very
simple terms, wrong. Jerry D. McDonald, you are a prime example for a gullible,
ignorant creationist - the #1 target for money-hungry people and organizations
like Kent Hovind and the CSE Ministry.
Notice how Jerry has shifted the subject. Now it's not
just biological evolution. Now he's referring more specifically to
macroevolution. Bear in mind he's so clueless about science he thinks the earth
didn't exist more than about 6,000 years ago, and so in his scientifically
illiterate mind he thinks of the entire fossil record as a chaotic morasse laid
down in a worldwide flood. The more YECs pretend they don't ignore the facts,
the more they do.
Jerry, macroevolution IS microevolution. The distinction
is that macroevolution refers to the *effects* of microevolution over
substantial periods of time. Thus, scientific study of macroevolution involves
differing areas of science in some of the same areas as those for microevolution
but also different areas (such as paleontology). In regard to having an
unscientific mind, all of us - including you - already know that young earth
creationism does not exist in professional science today.
Wrong, microevolution is "comparatively minor changes
involving the accumulations of variations IN POPULATIONS" (Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, p. 784) Will continue...
You keep demonstraiting your cowardess in refusing to
answer specific yes or no questions with a specific yes or no response. You
continue demonstraiting your cowardess in refusing to show proof of
macroevolution apart from geology or palentology.
There are numerous lines of evidence for macroevolution,
from biology, as well as from paleontology. Your sheer ignorance is not an
argument (though you pretend that ignorance is bravery). You also keep jumping
like a crazy rabbit from topic to topic to topic while ignoring the numerous
errors you've already made both in terms of conceptual errors as well as
scientific errors. You've also totally ignored the actual topic of my video that
your video here is supposedly in response to.
Be specific. Document the evidence that has been observed
by scientists now living, where macroevolution has occured between kinds. In
Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
"You keep demonstraiting your cowardess in refusing to
answer specific yes or no questions with a specific yes or no response. You
continue demonstraiting your cowardess in refusing to show proof of
macroevolution apart from geology or palentology. "
I am not demonstraiting any incompetence. You are
demonstraiting what a coward you are. You make challenges, but when it comes
right down to it you are too much of a coward to debate. In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
This is not the proper forum for proper debate. You know
this so very well, which is precisely why you RAN AWAY from carrying out
detailed discussion in a proper discussion forum, because your incompetence in
dealing even with basic logic embarrassed you so much.
While this is not the proper forum for proper debate I am
only responding to your posts which came after I published my video. If you
don't want to continue this, it is your decision. I got off of Robert's list
because you backed out of the debate and I saw no reason to stay on it. In
Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
You are the one who backed out of the debate when I
refused to allow you to change the stated subject of the debate (the
propositions) from the antiquity of the earth to biological evolution. Every
single time you lie otherwise, I will point out your lie.
I didn't change anything. You were the one who was doing
the changing, all of this is documented on the challenge website. In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Thank you for so blatantly lying about this, Jerry, and
thus showing everyone how young earth creationists just delight in being
deceitful. The fact that you tried to change the subject from the antiquity of
the earth, to biological evolution, will full quotes of you saying so, is
documented on my website. Every time you lie otherwise, I will point out your
lie.
And the documented discussion shows that when I refused
to let you CHANGE THE SUBJECT in the debate propositions, from dealing with the
antiquity of the earth, to dealing instead with biological evolution, you then
ran away from debating me, because you knew you could not debate me on the
subject of the antiquity of the earth and that you had every intention of
changing the subject with all sorts of utterly irrelevant red herring on the
subject of biological evolution.
after all you claim to be a christian and resort to calling
someone a retard.
im seriously considering calling some agancies that
deal with MR and contacting the organisation that oversees your church in order
to see if this is the type of message they want to send.
(cont) the simple fact that you used "mental
retardation" as an insult shows that you have very little respect for people who
actually deal with mental retardation on in their lives.
Well, if you are going to keep messing with me quit
complaining about how sick I am. You certainly don't have the ability to make me
better. You couldn't possibly last in a real debate with me to save your
life. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
You couldn't possibly last in a real debate with me to
save your life.
i am crushing you already. this will continue or i
will call the "church of christ" to discuss your use of the word "retard" as an
attack against another person you do not agree with.
Yes, if this was said, it was said on Todd's comments or
Baty's list. However, I have tried to find this on both my comment section and
Todd's and have been unable to come up with it. Be more specific. Give me the
time (1 month ago, etc.,) that I said this.
In Christ Jesus Jerry D.
McDonald P.S. If I did say it I was probably responding to some thing that
Todd said to me which included that kind of language.
so please point me to the part in the bible where jesus
says "if a man strikes you strike him back" or "if a man insults you make a
derogatory remark claiming he has a disability that he clearly does not have...
for people with this disability will not be bothered when it is used as an
insult"
you KNOW you made the remark .. it WAS on Todd's page and if you
were truly following the teaching laid out in your bible there is NO valid
reason for your statement.
I have tried to find it on both pages with the search and
find option, but am unable to find it. However, you don't seem to be upset that
Todd called me a mental retard, you are just upset that I called him one back.
You talk about hypocrasy. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
i like how you are such a coward that you deleted my
reply to this ... its ok ... ill just call the church of christ in your area and
direct them to where you posted it.
Yes, there is empirical evidence of both. Jerry there is
no way we're going to have a serious discussion of this in a forum that limits
responses to 500-character posts. We could have this discussion in an
appropriate discussion forum, but YOU RAN AWAY FROM THE DISCUSSION FORUM because
the illogical nature of your comments was so obvious you had made yourself look
so silly it embarrassed you.
You blew any chance of a serious discussion when you
refused to debate me on the subject. Now where is any evidence of
macroevolution? Where is there any evidence of one kind evolving into another
kind? In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
You are the one who refused to engage in honest
negotiations, even to playing word games precisely for the PURPOSE OF CHANGING
THE SUBJECT. You ran away from debating the astronomical and geological science
relevant to the facts that the universe and the earth have been in existence far
longer than any mere 6,000 years. When you made it your deliberate intention to
change the subject to biological evolution right in the debate propositions is
when YOU ran away from the debate.
A cow is one kind, a pig is another kind. You cannot
cross a cow and a pig. You can cross a Yorkshire pig and a Hampshire pig, but
you cannot cross a cow and a pig. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
I don't insist on ignoring the fossil record. I wanted to
use the fossil record in my debate with Todd and he refused to allow it.
However, the fossil record can be interpreted in many ways. I would like to see
current data. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
empirical evidence is hard to interpret as "god did it"
unless you take only a subset of the available data and ignore the data that
does not support your viewpoint.
as soon as you are screening your data
based on personal preference it is no longer empirical ... it then becomes
subjective.
No, empirical evidence is not hard to intepret, but
simply looking at the fossil record won't give you empirical evidence. All it
does is show what possibly happened in the past. Show what happens in the
present; that's empirical In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Thank you for pointing out that it is your purposeful
intention to ignore the fossil record and paleontology, that it is your very
intention as a creationists to deliberately ignore the scientific evidence that
you don't like.
I am not ignoring anything. I wanted to deal with the
fossil record (which is a part of geology) in debate but you refused to allow
that. You are the one who is evading and ignoring. In Christ Jesus Jerry
D. McDonald
Of course, it's irrelevant to debating the astronomical
and geological science relevant to the facts that the universe and the earth
have been in existence far longer than any mere 6,000 years. Thank you for again
demonstrating that it was your very intention to CHANGE THE SUBJECT.
evidence to support gravitational theory is empirical.
You drop something and it hits the ground. Where is the empirical evidence for
biological macroevolution? Can we use human sperm and impregnate a female monkey
and get an offspring that is partly human and partly monkey? In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
evidence to support evolution is also empirical .. if you
dont see it then you havent read any books on evolution that were written by
actual scientists or you have only read them enough to quote mine from
them.
I have read books on macroevolution, but none of them
have ever documented one experiment where they have taken the sperm of a human
and impregnating a monkey and had a successful offspring.
While I will admit that evolutionists don't like the use
of "micro" and "macro" evolution, even they have to recognize that they are to
totally separate kinds of evolution. Where is the evidence that you can cross a
dog with a deer? Where is the evidence that you can cross a man with a monkey?
There is none. It seems that we creationists are the only ones who have enough
sense to recognize that fact. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
"Where is the evidence that you can cross a dog with a
deer? Where is the evidence that you can cross a man with a monkey?" read a
biology book evolution does not involve crossing one species with
another.
"While I will admit that evolutionists don't like the use
of "micro" and "macro" evolution, even they have to recognize that they are to
totally separate kinds of evolution"
1st please use spellcheck ... you
meant they are TWO seperate kinds... note the word "two" is not the same as the
word "to"
let me guess ... high school is as far as you went...
"Evidence from Living Species. The living evidence for
change through time comes in two forms. First by monitoring natural populations,
we can directly observe small scale change, or microevolution. Second, if we
examine the bodies of living organisms, we can find evidence of dramatic change,
or macroevolution" (Evolutionary Analysis, p. 36--Freemon and Herron). In
Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
its a scale thing you fool. not 2 seperate
events. thats like saying you cant prove thats a ruler ... its just a stick
marked 2 times at 1 inch intervals.
No fool, micro is within a population and it is something
you can directly see. However, you have to look at the fossil record to get any
inkling for macroevolution. IOW you can't directly observe it.
i guess by your logic sequoias cant have grown from seeds
since we cannot observe them growing from birth to death. after all they have a
lifespan of over 1000 years and no humans live that long.
all we can do
is see sequoias in various stages of growth.
i wasnt aware someone was sitting there for 1000 years
watching a tree grow.
or are you saying people saw sequoias in various
stages of growth and then concluded based on logic that the small trees grew
into the larger ones without observing it?
"I have read books on macroevolution, but none of them
have ever documented one experiment where they have taken the sperm of a human
and impregnating a monkey and had a successful offspring."
evolution
doesnt claim anything of the sort.. care to try debunking one of the predictions
evolution actually makes?
There's nothing to evade. In your very asking of the
question you have demonstrated your incompetence in basic logic. I thank you for
stating such an illogical question, because in doing so you have thus
demonstrated the incompetence of young earth creationist thinking for everyone.
Your failure to recognize this, even calling my response an "evasion," merely
demonstrates the standard YEC antagonism based on ignorance.
"If (a lot of) Americans are descended from Europeans,
why are there still Europeans?"
Jerry, this is such a classic failure to
comprehend simple logic as well as a failure to comprehend a basic evolutionary
concept, that I must thank you again for showing everyone just how atrociously
ignorant young earth creationists really are about the science they love to
attack and preach against. Religion-motivated antagonism based on ignorance and
an anti-truth attitude.
Yes, this is correct, but the fact is that these
Americans are not in the evolutionary line with the Europeans. They are both
human and one was not turning into the other as is supposed by the evolutionary
theory. in Christ Jesus Jerry d. McDonald
Jerry, sometimes I am very greatful to you, because of
how much you, as a young earth creationist, show everyone your sheer
befuddlement in failing to comprehend not just basic science, but basic logic as
well. Your "argument" is so badly illogical that even the young earth
creationists at AiG have been telling other YECs to not use it.
The documentation was produced, Jerry, and what have you
been doing? Deliberately ignoring it! In my video "Creationist Delusion:
'Evolution isn't science'" I gave you links to relevant professional science
journals online (many of them with freely available professional research
articles). And what have you done all along? You've been deliberately ignoring
their existence, and here you are ignoring their existence again. Why do you ask
for things you know you're going to just ignore anyway?
I'm not ignoring anything. I just happen to disagree with
you that evolution is science. I don't believe that it is. You can point out all
the "professional books and journals" you want, it that fact won't change my
mind. I know too much about the issue to ever be led off into the false doctrine
that evolution is science. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Hi Jerry, thank you again for openly acknowledging that
you are deliberately ignoring the professional science research articles that
are published on evolution - and thus for acknowledging that what I pointed out
in my video about creationists is exactly right.
Chaisson and McMillian certainly are professional
astronomers. Now, what is the subject of my video "Creationist Delusion:
'Evolution isn't science'"??? You keep changing the subject, because you're
attempting to obfuscate from the fact that you are deliberately ignoring the
specifically relevant information I pointed out to you in that video (and in the
follow-up video to that one).
No I am not changing the subject. I know what your video
topic is, but I also know that you advertised books on geology, books that you
said proved evolution. Now you say it is a lazy oversight, but you aren't going
to change it. Why? Because you know that biological evolution depends on the
fossil record (a part of geology). In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
"characterized by or conforming to the technical or
ethical standards of a profession" - in the context of this discussion, we're
talking about the profession of science, and in particular we're talking about
those fields of science that are relevant to evolution, the broad fields being
biology and paleontology, though it's actually specific subfields and research
in those subfields within biology and paleontology that are relevant (such as
population genetics, developmental biology, and so on).
Does any of this make a difference as far as the debate
we were proposing is concerned. There is no debate. The opportunity has now
passed. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
There you go with another red herring, Jerry. First you
ask specifically about THE TOPIC OF THE DEBATE, and then you change the subject
to the fact that you abandoned the debate. Whether or not you back out of the
debate does not change the fact of what the topic of the debate itself was.
If a person conducts professional science research in
cancer research, then he (or she) is a professional scientist in cancer
research. Of course, this is irrelevant to professional astronomy and irrelevant
to professional geology. Of course, you already knew this.
So if a person conducts professional research in the area
of astronomy and comes to the conlusion that the universe is no more than 10,000
years old, is he a professional astronomer?
If a person conducts professional research in chemistry,
then he is a professional chemist. If he makes silly claims about chemistry
based on something he believes the Book of Mormon says on the subject, those
claims have NOTHING to do with professional science. Of course, you already knew
this, but, Jerry, you do so very much love the red herring.
If someone condcuts professional research in chemistry
and makes claims that you disagree with based on the evidence that he finds in
his work in chemistry, is he a professional chemist? We are not talking about
what one finds in the Bible or the book of Mormon, we are talking about what one
finds in the realm of science. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Exactly, Jerry, *I* am talking about professional science
research, not religion-based pseudoscience propaganda. In professional science,
young earth creationism literally does not exist. You, on the other hand, are
indeed referring specifically to religion-based pseudoscience propaganda that
has nothing to do with professional science. This is the point.
So, in other words, if a person comes to the conclusion
that the earth is young, then this person is basing it on religion, not science,
and is therefore not a professional scientist regardless of his credentials or
his work? In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Jerry, as usual you get things backwards and put the cart
before the horse. The "conclusion" that the earth is young is not professional
science. Period. Young earth creationism literally does not exist in
professional geological science today and has not existed in professional
geological science for something like 200 years. All of us - including you -
know that YECs believe what they believe on the basis of religious doctrine.
Jerry, it is obvious that I have already directly
addressed this question (see above). It is also obvious that - as usual with you
- you're going to deliberately ignore whatt I have already stated and then
falsely pretend I have not already addressed your question, and then proceed to
play word games on this basis.
"Do you not know how to answer a yes or no question with
a yes or no?" <== This is Jerry McDonald again ignoring my answer and
deceitfully pretending I haven't already answered the question.
Why don't you just answer with a "yes" or "no" answer? Is
that so hard? You are the one who is ignoring and decietfully pretending. If you
believe that any scientist who comes to the conclusion that the earth is 10,000
years old or less is not a professional scientist it looks like you would be
willing to answer "yes" or "no"? In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Jerry writes: "If you believe that any scientist who
comes to the conclusion that the earth is 10,000 years old or less is not a
professional scientist..." <== See? I told you. Jerry is doing his very best
to obfuscate and ignore the fact that young earth creationism does not even
exist in science today. What particular scientists believe about some things
because of their religious beliefs in the Book of Mormon, the Quran, the Bible,
or the Bhagavad Gita is utterly irrelevant to THE SCIENCE.
Jerry writes: "So, the answer is 'NO,' this person is not
a professional scientist because he did not get this knowledge from science, but
religion." The answer (which Jerry has already been given) is that some
professional scientists in various fields (such as cancer research) hold beliefs
on other subjects that are based on religion, not science. Religious beliefs are
religion, not science. Jerry, like so many other YECs, works very diligently to
obfuscate and ignore this.
Jerry, name your so-called "professional geologist." Stop
making silly false insinuations. Name the man. You cannot do this. Your problem
is that it is impossible for you to be straight about anything, because young
earth creationism is a pseudoscience and the sole purpose of you guys promoting
YEC is to use fallacious propagandistic word games to distort, obfuscate, and
hide the facts.
Name the man you are pretending exists. Name just one. I
dare you.
"On a muggy afternoon in July, a group of geologists from
around the country put on some bug spray and fanned out along one of Ohio's
richest fossil beds....John Whitmore, a geologist from nearby Cedarville
Universitywho organized the field trip..."
The above came from an article
written in the New York Times just recently naming John Whitmore as a geologist
who believes in the young earth.
Yes, Jerry, now here is your REAL task, where you prove
that John Whitmore is a REAL professional geologist. Cite for us ONE SINGLE
piece of scientific research on geology done by John Whitmore that is published
in the professional science literature that has ANYTHING to do with supporting
young earth creationism. You cannot do it, because it doesn't exist. Game over.
So I take it, that by professional science literature you
mean literature that teaches evolution/geology? This is what I have been saying
all along. You don't see that anyone who believes in a young earth as being a
professional scientist. The only people you believe that are professional
scientists are those who believe in evolution. In Christ Jesus Jerry D.
McDonald Game over.
Yep, there you go again Jerry with the silly young earth
creationist conspiracy theory: "Geological science is just an evolutionist
conspiracy." You were asked to cit ONE SINGLE piece of scientific research on
geology done by John Whitmore that is published in the professional science
literature that has ANYTHING to do with supporting young earth creationism. You
didn't do it, because you can't do it, because it doesn't exist. Game over.
Look Todd, we can continue these word games until the
Lord returns, but what's the point. Let me ask you plainly and I want a clar
answer: "Do you believe that any geologist who takes the YEC position is a
professional geologist?" A simple "yes" or "no" will do. In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
I already gave you a clear answer, a clear answer I keep
giving you, yet here you are falsely pretending for the umpteenth time that I
never answered this. Here it is again: There is not a single scientist
conducting/producing professional scientific research having anything to do with
supporting young earth creationism. You mentioned a guy named John Whitcomb, but
you have utterly FAILED to produce a single example of professional scientific
research by him. So your contention is bogus.
I have mistake of accidentally leaving out some words
here. I wrote "you have utterly FAILED to produce a single example of
professional scientific research by him," and it should have been "you have
utterly FAILED to produce a single example of professional scientific research
by him in reference to supporting young earth creationism."
Cedarville University <== Religion: "Unwavering
commitment to the inerrancy and authority of Scripture; Creationist approach to
scientific research and study; Required Bible minor a part of all academic
programs" Just what I already told you, Jerry. All of us - including you - knows
fully well that young earth creationism believed on the basis of fundamentalist
religious belief in the Bible. And that's exactly what Cedarville University
says. They agree with what I already told you.
All of us are painfully aware of what the evolutionist
thinks. Their idea is based, largely, upon Darwinism, a doctrine that has been
discredited so many times that I even wonder why it is still being taught. In
Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Except - duh - in this case we're not even talking about
evolution. We're talking about geology. We are also painfully aware of what
physicists and astronomers think, that the Earth orbits the Sun instead of the
other way around. Because that's the way things are. And in the case of
evolution, it's science, yet a lot of you young earth creationist love to use
the lie that it's "religion" by deliberately ignoring the actual science (that I
pointed you to in my video).
You're right, Jerry, the *general* meaning of the word
"evolution" is simply "change", and there are indeed all kinds of geological
forces on Earth generating geological changes. When young earth creationists -
like you - try to pretend that geological changes, as learned about through
geological science, are somehow part of some worldwide evolutionist conspiracy
about biological evolution, then you prove to everyone just how zany you guys
really are.
It is all interconnected and you know it. Even Chaisson
and McMillian state this in their book "Astronomy Today." You can't logically
deny it. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
I agree Jerry. All of science is interconnected. This is
because scientists are studying reality, and thus science should be
interconnected because it all needs to be consistent with reality.
Yep, there you go again Mr. Young Earth Creationist, with
your zany "Everything in science we young earth creationists don't like is an
evolutionist conspiracy" nonsense. Thank you for again showing just how crazy
YEC rhetoric really is.
No, but I find it interesting that even Chaisson &
McMillian (whom you call professional astronomers) say that all scientists have
accepted evolution; thus showing that if you don't accept evolution you aren't a
scientist. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
I don't see you quoting their comment, Jerry. Frankly, I
have found through much experience that creationists - and especially young
earth creationists - are absolutely terrible at giving correct representations
of what people have said or not said, even when they quote them (out of
context). I don't believe your representation of them in the least.
I demand that you quote Chaisson and McMillian, and quote
the full context of their statements, because your representations of them have
less than zero credibility. Again, you prove exactly why this is not a proper
forum for proper debate. Oh, but that's right, YOU RAN AWAY from a proper
discussion forum because your pseudoscientific pretensions, your fallacious
arguments, and your misrepresentations were being trounced left and right.
And that means that the other uses of the word
"evolution" are NOT "biological evolution." Of course, you are so incompetent at
understanding and using the English language that you can't figure that out.
Thank you for AGAIN proving the incompetence of young earth creationists.
I'm not incompetent, and neither are you. You are just a
liar. You know that there are seven alleged phases of evolution under the term
cosmic evolution and biological evolution is one of them. In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Jerry, we already know for a fact that young earth
creationists have long history of lying, which is why young earth creationists
have the reputation for deceitful rhetoric that they do. It's a reputation you
have well deserved for your yourselves. What I do know is that the general
meaning of "evolution" is "change," and that geological evolution and biological
are two different things. I have very little doubt that you will continue to lie
about this.
From the website: "Cedarville University Doctrinal
Statement" "4. We believe in the literal 6-day account of creation, that the
creation of man lies in the special, immediate, and formative acts of God and
not from previously existing forms of life. Genesis 1:26,27; 2:7-9,16,17;
3:1-19." Thank you, Jerry, you just gave away the store and proved everything I
already told you!
You have proved everything I have told you. By
professional you mean "evolution/geology." He has done work for creation
research papers, but you don't accept them. I could go into the evolutionist
manifesto, but what difference would it make? I gave away nothing, you asked
for a young earth creationist geologist and I gave you one.
Here are the facts: You were asked to cite ONE SINGLE
piece of scientific research on geology done by John Whitmore that is published
in the professional science literature that has ANYTHING to do with supporting
young earth creationism. You didn't do it, because you can't do it, because it
doesn't exist. Game over.
Oh yes I have stated what I mean by it, *at least* a half
a dozen time. But, no doubt, you will now play more word games pretending I
haven't already told you this either, just as you have played numerous word
games before on various other details. Of course, all of us already know that
the whole reason you YECs play word games all the time about everything is
because word games is all young earth creationism really consists of when it
comes to YEC pseudoscience.
Any geologist who holds to YEC is not a professional
geologist. That is your belief, correct? Can you answer that one with a yes or
no answer, Farrell Till, I'm sorry Todd Greene? In Christ Jesus Jerry D.
McDonald
Jerry, I have asked you and asked you and asked you and
asked to cite even ONE SINGLE piece of real geological research published in the
professional science literature by a scientist (in this case, a geologist) that
is supporting young earth creationism. You have not done this. All of us -
including you - know why you haven't, because you can't, because there isn't
any, it doesn't exist. Thus, all you are left with is silly empty word games.
There you go again, lying that I have not already
answered the question several times. Typical deceitful word games of young earth
creationists. Just what we expect from you guys, which is precisely why you have
the lousy reputations you have. It's exactly what you deserve.
No Todd you have yet to give a "Yes" or "No" answer. You
keep lying and saying that you have, but I challenge you to show where you have.
Is the answer "Yes" or is the answer "No"? In Christ Jesus Jerry D.
McDonald
No, Jerry, you have yet to deal with reality, and do
anything other than use the standard deceitful tactics of young earth
creationist rhetoric to ignore reality and make things up that don't exist. All
of us - including you - know fully well that young earth creationism does not
exist in professional geological research literature. Everything you are doing
is for the sole purpose of trying to ignore this reality. Which is why you keep
ignoring my answer and pretending it doesn't exist.
Jerry, you write "Neither does 'evolution.'" Of course,
it is you who has been very deliberately ignoring the information I pointed out
to you in my video, that your video here is supposedly in response to. But,
then, you never even try to deal with the information I pointed out to you in my
video, because you're still deceitfully pretending it doesn't even exist.
Jerry, YOUR task has been to produce ONE SINGLE piece of
real geological research published in the professional science literature by a
scientist (in this case, a geologist) that is supporting young earth
creationism. You have not done this. All of us - including you - know why you
haven't, because you can't, because such does not exist. So all we get from you
are the standard YEC word games to cover up the fact that you have nothing of
relevance to science.
The fact of the matter - that Jerry is doing his very
best to obfuscate and ignore - is this: In astronomical science and geological
science in particular, young earth creationism does not even in science today.
This is because young earth creationism was falsified in geology over 200 years
ago.
and the courts are on your side jerry... after all ...
look at .... McLean V Arkansas board of edu. Edwards V
Aguillard Epperson V Arkansas Peloza V Capistrano Daniel V
Waters Wright V Houston Selman V Cobb Kitzmiller V Dover Hindren V
Campbell the courts seem to think evolution qualifies as science... and
creation is NOT!
Jerry writes, "When you refer to 'professional science
journals,' do you mean 'secular science journals'?"
Jerry, thank you for
*demonstrating*, yet again, that young earth creationism is based on religion,
not science. I mean professional science, nothing more and nothing less. You
obviously are too incompetent to figure it out, EVEN WHEN I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN
YOU DOZENS OF SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE JOURNALS. Typical young
earth creationist.
Every example you gave me is a journal the upholds
evolution. You can argue with this all you want, but you know that the only
thing you consider "professional" are those that uphold evolution.
Every example I gave you is a professional science
journal. Oh, yeah, by the way, every professional journal of science, especially
astronomical science, also recognizes the fact that the earth orbits the sun
under the force of gravity. That must be an evolutionist conspiracy too, because
all of the professional science journals uphold it. Thank you again for making
such an illogical argument and thus demonstrating how illogical YEC rhetoric and
the YEC mindset really is.
I have never deleted anything. I have left everything
exactly as I said it. Now I am wondering whether I ever said it. You apparently
are lying. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Please do. I have deleted nothing on Todd's page and
cannot delete anything off of Todd's page. I can only delete things on my page,
and you said that I said this on Todd's page. In Christ Jesus Jerry D.
McDonald
If I did, I hit the wrong button by mistake. I have
myclonus seizures and take 500 mgs of keppra four times per day to hold the
shakes to a minimum. If I did so I do apologize, it was unintention.
I have been responding, you just don't like my
responses...big surprise.
BTW I am 53 years old and have been meeting
athiests in debates since 1988, so your chances of changing me are...well let's
just say a snowball would have a better chance. In Christ Jesus Jerry D.
McDonald
The problem is that they are both books. One is not a
plate and the other a book. Let's say the monkey is a plate and the book is a
human. Can you cross the two? In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
you are missing the point entirely. humans and monkeys
are both living creatures. kind is a subset of living creatures. what
criteria sort creatures into the "kinds" you have either intentionally dodged
the question or incredibly ignorant.
O, you want a live debate? How do I know that you will
show up? I have had two atheists back out during the last twelve months. How do
I know you won't back out too?
Also note that Jerry has told me in previous discussion
that he deliberately ignored the information references to professional science
journals that I gave him in my video - and when he did that he proved the
comments I made toward the end of the video concerning the deceitful attitude
that creationists - and young earth creationists especially - possess.
Yes, Todd, that is exactly what I told you. However, you
have not told the reader everthing I told you. I also told you that I did read
what Chaisson and McMillian said about SN 1987A. I have asked you a question
from a statement that they made and you have ignored it. Why? In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
The fact that SN 1987A is completely irrelevant to
biological evolution is not my point. You have repeatedly ignored the statements
made by Chaisson and McMillian on the ring of red and yellow gas around the star
that supposedly was expelled 40,000 years before it went supernova. In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Why do you think I've ignored it? Jerry, your claim that
I've ignored anything is bordering on the bizarre. Do you even have a clue what
you're talking about? At the moment, the evidence (your comments) clearly
indicates you don't.
What you have ignored is the fact that I have pointed out
that the red/yellow ring supposedly was expelled from sk 69-202 40,000 years
before it went supernova. Why didn't we see the red/yellow ring before
1987? In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
And as we have seen in discussion elsewhere, not only
have I not ignored it, but there's nothing to ignore. The problem - as almost
always, is that you young earth creationists simply do not know what you're
talking about when it comes to science. You make up questions based on false
premises you've conjured up in your mind based on not really knowing anything
about the science you're talking about.
It's a fact I didn't ignore your questions. First, you
asked a question so vague it was impossible to tell what you were asking about.
Second, you finally did ask a specific question, which was irrelevant to SN1987A
having exploded 168,000 years ago. Third, after I pointed out NUMEROUS TIMES
that your question was illogical and irrelevant, you finally admitted this. Now
you make this statement here ignoring all of this - thus displaying your serious
problem of incompetence with basis logic.
I think the point trying to be made is that evolution is
science, and anyone who says it is not, obviously knows little about science. It
is the same as someone who knows nothing about automobiles saying that they do
not make silver HHR's. It cannot be gotten. If you do not understand science, do
not make assumptions and statements, unless you are willing to take the heat
that will be brought up by this statement.
Why don't you go to Greene's video and show me where he
is just saying that we know little about science. Read his own comment: "The
issue is not whether you agree with the science, the issue is that evolution is
science, not religion, and the references I gave prove that. People who deny the
facts are (1) ignorant, (2) incompetent, or (3) deceitful" (Greene 10 hours
ago). In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Jerry, do you even know know to comprehend plain English?
quedorf wrote, "I think the point trying to be made is that evolution is
science, and anyone who says it is not, obviously knows little about science."
You YECs deliberately ignore the existence of professional science research on
evolutionary biology, and then you deceitfully pretend it doesn't even exist.
I know what quedorf said. What I was trying to get him to
understand is that you were saying that creationists were ignorant, incompetent
(according to your own comment) or liars. He didn't want to deal with
"incompetent." In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald (who can't comprehend
pain English).
Hey, quedorf, Jerry's right, don't forget that many times
a lot of young earth creationist rhetoric is simply incompetent because they
don't understand simple logic and use illogical rhetoric a lot.
Jerry, in fact, in my "Creationist Delusion" video I
didn't happen to use the word "incompetent." That was indeed an oversight on my
part, because I should have. However, the whole point is that you are STILL
deliberately ignoring the subject of the video *that my comments toward the end*
were based on in the first place. So in fact you yourself are proving that my
comments were absolutely correct. Thank you again!
I have no problem with Greento saying most creationist
are ignorant. Ignorance is a lack of knowledge. If you claim evolution is not
science shows an ignorance of science. Incompetent means not qualified. i would
dare say that anyone who says creation is not science is not qualified in the
scientific method. Liar. if one is competant, and has the knowledge, then to
make such a statement is simply lying.
Hey Dude, Take this as ad hominem or advice, I don't care
which. Clean you freekin' room, man! You obviously don't care about, or aren't
aware of, the impression you've posted for the entire You Tube viewership to
see. When you've neglected your visual presentation to such a degree how do I
know that your argument isn't in an equal shambles? I don't want to see your
laundry, and I don't want to hear your stupid whining.
Hey Dude, Take this as ad hominem or adive, I don't care
which. How I keep my room is my buisness. It happens to be a spare room in which
I have my computer and many of my books, a bed (which is where my wife puts the
laundry to fold before she puts it away). If you don't like looking at my
laundry, my only advice to you is "Don't Look."
I'll take it as advice and very good advice at that,
which was ? "Don't Look." Yes, that's advice I'd give to anyone about your
video. Obviously you're not very creative either as you managed to copy about
half of my posting into yours. No wonder you're a Creationist it looks like you
can't think for yourself, or clean up your room. Your business, when you've
posted it on the freeking internet you've made it the worlds business. What do
you think this is radio ?
O, I am all broken up, mindoversplatter. Where my wife
folds our laundry is none of anyone's business. At least she washes and folds
our clothes every day. That's why you see clean laundry on the bed. In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Someone offers you a little advice on how to better, and
more appropriately, further your message and you get all huffy. Somehow I got
the idea that Christianity was about 'turning the other cheek,' and taking
others into consideration. Guess I was wrong, as your response seems typical. I
never said your room wasn't clean. I suppose that the clothes are clean.
The pile is distracting and detracts from your message.
So much so that I still haven't figured out what you're complaining about. But
that could be delivery, too, I suspect
However, mindoversplatter, while I agree with you in
regard to "pragmatics," I do agree with Jerry that this is all irrelevant to the
subject matter. I'm just making this comment "for the record."
Greento, all so true. I'm a Post-Grad. Psyc. and see
Jerry as an interesting study. He seems to be a 'have to get the last word in'
sort of personality. This all could have been dropped or ignored at any time.
It's not a bit pertinent. Interesting that you've come to the fore to point this
out rather than Jerry.
mindoversplatter, I agree Jerry is a study in something
(as most young earth creationists are), and to be honest with you, I'd love
having you attempt to get Jerry to deal with (1) the illogical nature of his
rhetoric, (2) the errors of his claims about science, and (3) the actual subject
matter of the "Creationist Delusion" video that is supposedly what he's
responding to even though he's never yet dealt with the subject of the video in
any way.
Jerry you stated about me: "It never occured to [Todd]
that someone might look at the same data that he looks at and come to a
different conclusion and still be just as knowledgable as he is." As usual, you
misrepresent the matter. What you and other YECs have *already* admitted that
you deliberately ignored the facts. Thus, you yourselves admit that you are (1)
ignorant, and the deliberate nature of your behavior is what makes it deceitful.
You deliberately refuse to deal with the facts.
We have distorted nothing. It doesn't occur to you that
we can be just as knowledgeable as you are, look at the same data and come to a
different conclusion. We are either ignorant, incompetent or liars as far as you
are concerned.
But you aren't Jerry. You already admitted to me in the
other group that you had deliberately ignored the substance of my "Creationist
Delusion: 'Evolution isn't science'" video. Which is precisely why I made the
followup video (that you've also ignored). Indeed, in ALL of your comments on
the comments page for my video you've completely ignored the referenced
information. Thank you for continuing to prove just how right my comments about
YECs are.
You are right, I am not just as knowledgable as you. I am
such a liar and so incompetent, just like your dad. I'll bet he is real proud to
have such an intelligent honest son.
In Christ Jesus Jerry D.
McDonald P.S. BTW Whatever is in your follow up will not deter from the fact
that your first video still teaches that those geology books prove that
biological macro-evolution is science.
You don't know hardly anything about my dad, and now
instead of acknowledge your distinct errors of (1) deliberately ignoring the
referenced information relevant to the topic, and (2) making further statements
based on now deliberately ignoring the fact that you deliberately ignored the
referenced information and already admitted this, you pile on another error of
making statements about my dad based on your sheer ignorance. Good show, young
earth creationist!
I don't know anything about your dad. What I am trying to
get you to see is that if he is a young earth creationist (which I suspect he is
based on the way you are not dealing with my question) you put him in the same
catagory as you put me: (1) ignorance; (2) incompetent, or (3)a liar. In
Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Actually, Jerry, what you're arguing is that when you
young earth creationists really are ignorance, incompetent, or lying, we should
just shut up and not say anything about it, because you don't want people
telling the truth about you.
I am not saying that you should shut up, but if you don't
want to be called names, don't call names. As far as I am concerned, you are not
ignorant, and you are not incompetent, you are just a liar. BTW is your dad
ignorant, incompetent or is he a liar? In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
The difference between us, Jerry, is that I have proved
exactly what you are lying about. In other words, I've backed it up with the
facts. You on the other hand are just calling me a liar because my telling the
truth about how you creationists operate upsets you.
It is lying to engage in discussion that is deceitful
precisely because it is based on deliberately ignoring the facts pointed out to
you on a subject that are directly relevant to that subject, facts that show
that your claims on the subject are wrong. You are still to this very minute
deliberately ignoring the subject matter of my "Creationist Delusion" video -
that you are supposedly responding to even while you've NEVER actually responded
to the facts pointed out to you in any way.
Todd, I have responded to you, you just don't like my
answer. I will not debate the age of the earth with you without being able to
get into the fossil record which requires getting into biological evolution. Now
while I don't believe biological evolution is science, you do and I will not be
restricted in defending my proposition. If biological evolution is science, why
can't I discuss it? In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
You have "responded" with nothing relevant, and in your
irrelevant responses you have been deliberately and studiously ignoring the
existence of the professional science journals about evolution that I gave you
references to (that's why your responses are irrelevant). Whether I "like" your
answer is just another red herring comment by you, used to ignore the facts.
Right, and you are just like your buddy Robert Baty
aren't you. You think you have won regardless of what has happened. In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
You know, I don't care if you shut up or not, just don't
get upset when I come back at you. You just can't imagine anyone who is as
competent as you are, who is telling what he believes to be the truth and still
disagrees with you. Again I ask, what about your dad? Is he ignorant,
incompetent or a liar? In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
In regard to a debate on the scientific evidence
regarding the antiquity of the earth, you can discuss chocolate ice cream and
baseball for all I care. What you will not do (with me) is play deceitful word
games to change the *debate proposition* so that you change the subject. Of
course, you already know all of this, Jerry, having been told it more than a
dozen times, so your remarks here are just evidence of further deceitfulness.
How many times do I have to tell you: THERE IS NO DEBATE
BECAUSE YOU CALLED IT OFF. If you wanted to debate you should never have called
it off. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
No, Jerry, you are the one who backed out of the debate
because you wanted to change the subject to biological evolution and I wouldn't
let you change the wording of the debate propositions to include biological
evolution (since that wasn't the subject). None of this changes the fact of what
the topics were.
Question: "Does Biological evolution depend upon the
fossil record?" Question: "Is the fossil record not part of geology?" In
Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
I already responded to you about my dad, but now you're
ignoring what I already told you, because you're trying to change the subject.
As usual. We're not talking about my dad Jerry. We're talking about you, right
here, right now.
Jerry asks, "When [Todd]... believed in the young earth
creationist position, was he either lying, or was he incompetent?" Hmmm... You
left out "ignorant." I was ignorant. The reason I was ignorant of the relevant
science was precisely because young earth creationists had been lying to me when
I was growing up, and I bought YEC lies hook, line, and sinker because I trusted
the proponents. But when I started examining the actual science itself I
realized the deceitful nature of YEC rhetoric.
What was your dad, a liar? You state that you were
ignorant, does that mean that the only thing that made you smart was to become
an atheist? In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
My dad was just as ignorant about the relevant science,
having been misled by the same YEC pseudoscience charlatans. I became more
*knowledgeable* about the relevant science by studying some the science itself
rather than relying only on YEC propaganda misinformation and ignoring science.
Those taking college courses in astronomy or geology quickly learn just how
ridiculously silly YEC rhetoric about astronomy and geology is (such as the zany
YEC tactic that science is an atheistic conspiracy).
I already answered this question, yet here you are again
asking a question that has been asked and answered. In court, this is called
"badgering the witness." Good show, young earth creationist! Why do you ask me
questions, when you know that you're just going to ignore my answers anyway?
Jerry, you say, "just give them to me and we will see if
I ignore them." Already done. You're STILL deliberately ignoring the existence
of the professional science research articles I pointed out to you in my
"Creatonist Delusion" video. Indeed, here on this comments page you admitted
above that you are ignoring this information on purpose.
I guess Chaisson & McMillian, Arthur Strahler,
Anthony Flew, Cain Damman, Lue Yoon, Scott Freeman, Jon Herron,
Young&Freedman, Plummer-McGeary-Carlson, Yunus Cengel, Michael Boles are not
professional scientists are they? In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
This is Jerry trying to pretend that
astronomy-is-geology-is-paleontology-is-biology-is-all just one big worldwide
evolutionist conspiracy, because young earth creationists are so clueless about
basic science that they don't even comprehend how these different fields of
science are distinct from one another.
No, that is Chaisson and McMillian. They said that
stellar, galactice, biological, planetary, cultural (and two more that I can't
remember because I am not at home right now) are the seven phases that make up
cosmic evolution. Talk to them. In Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Cosmic evolution isn't biological evolution. Everyone
knows this, including you. YECs like you like to pretend that evolution - change
- doesn't exist. But the fact is that channge does exist, cosmic changes (in the
case of astronomical changes) and geological changes (in the case of geologic
changes on Earth in regard to geologic processes and geologic features). But you
cannot acknowledge these simple facts, because it messes up your YEC conspiracy
theory about biological evolution.
This is Todd acting like Robert Baty and screaming "I
WIN, I WIN, I WIN!" regardless of the outcome. Are Arthur Strahler and Richard
Dawkins not as professional as the ones you listed. What about Stephen Hawking?
Why do I need to go to the links on your list? In Christ Jesus Jerry D.
McDonald
I am not deliberately ignoring anything. I purchased a
book that you recommended so that I could use it in our debate and you say it
has nothing to do with evolution. Yet on your video you said it does. In
Christ Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
Again, Jerry, your statement here is false. Maybe you
should actually pay attention to what I really do say in the video.
Oh,
wait, that's right, all of this time you've been deliberately ignoring the
detailed information I give you in the video, and you're still doing
that.
True or False: "I Todd Greene, in my video, showed
pictures of books (one in particular-The Age of The Earth) and said that these
scientists have written books proving that evolution is science?" In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
And I was looking at the web pages on some of those
links, but then you said that I couldn't use them in our debate. So why are you
crying now because I am not looking at your links? In Christ Jesus Jerry
D. McDonald
You're really funny, Jerry. Please keep showing people
that you can't seem to comprehend that everything under the sun isn't relevant
to a *debate* that is scoped to a particular topic. Additionally, my
"Creationist Delusion" had/has nothing to do with the proposed debate, and never
did. I guess you're just not able to figure this out. But thank you for openly
admitting that you have been deliberately ignoring the directly relevant
references I gave you.
Yes it did because you advertised the book "The age of
the Earth" as a book that proves evolution. You say that this was a lazy
oversight, but you are too lazy to change it.
We are not in court. I have asked the same question for
one of three reasons: (1) you refuse to answer, (2) I want your answer on record
so many times that you cannot deny it, and (3) I want to see if you will give
the same answer every time. I learned this in Law Enforcement. In Christ
Jesus Jerry D. McDonald
You're right, Jerry, we aren't in court, which is too
bad, I really wish we were. Creationists always lose in court. This is because
in court their illogical arguments and word games and pseudoscience pretensions
always get torn to shreds.
I have NOT refused to answer. So you're lying about that.
My answer is already on record, and on record *several times* already, so you're
lying in pretending it isn't. In regard to law, we already know that young earth
creationists don't care squat about the law, which is why they're trying to
violate the Firat Amendment all the time to shove their religious dogma down
kid's throats in public schools.
I have been corresponding with an astronomer and have
asked about the gas rings around SN 1987A. He and I have been conversing over a
period of two days. He has assured me that I am in error on why the gas rings
were not detected. He is a young earth creationist so I have no reason not to
trust him. I do apologize for my error on this issue.
Well, I'll use examples because that is the easiest to
use. Humans are one kind, monkeys are another kind. Humans and monkeys are not
compatable kinds. You can't take human sperm and impregnate a monkey and get a
successful offspring.
"How can I be more specific than using the example of
monkeys and humans?" an example is not an explaination. an explaination of
kind would include the criteria that are used to determine "kind".
no i mean that "kind" doesnt say what it is that makes a
monkey diferent from a human. it just states "monkeys and humans are
diferent"
what im asking for is what the specific criteria
are.
for example if you were explaining the diference between types of
books you would point to things like length , subject , fact/fiction ..etc ...
so what are the criteria used to determine "kind"
A human has cells that are not compatible with those of a
monkey. You cannot take human sperm and impregnate a monkey which will result in
a successful pregnancy. There are many differences between humans and
monkeys.
what is it about a monkey that
makes it a monkey rather than human or monkey rather than cat , or monkey rather
than dog.
im looking for the specific features that determine kind. while
it is obvious that a monkey is not a human or a cat im looking for the "why" it
is not a human or a cat under the "kind" system
i suspect debating you would be like debating a rock. i
have asked VERY clearly for you to define the criteria used in determining
"kind". and STILL you just give examples of creatures. or state that they
are NOT in the same kind.
now please tell me the criteria that would need
to be met in order to consider 2 creatures the same "kind".