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I just had a visit from some christian doorknockers. They were two lovely old codgers, but their canards were standard. They didn't know what hit them.
Canard: The evidence for life goes back to only 7,000 years.
Rebuttal: 30,000 year-old sex toys in Germany.
Canard: Argument from design (compared a plant to a house).
Rebuttal 1: Metric for design.
Rebuttal 2: Quantum superposition in energy distribution in plants.
Rebuttal 3: Testable natural processes not even dreamt of by the authors of the bible.
Canard: Morality comes from god.
Rebuttal: If your god commanded you to do something you found reprehensible, would you do it?
Canard: Secular law comes from the bible.
Rebuttal 1: Wouldn't have made it to Sinai without these principles already having been recognised.
Rebuttal 2: Instances of Mosaic law that we deem immoral (stoning unruly children to death, etc).
Canard: No evolutionary explanation for morality.
Rebuttal: Evolutionary basis for ethical behaviour (thanks, Cali).
Canard: Newton was a Christian.
Rebuttal: Newton was an alchemist.
Canard: Responsibility to creator (compared to responsibility/respect for parents).
Rebuttal: Abusive parents (abuses of god in OT).
Canard: No evidence for human evolution.
Rebuttal: Fused chromosome, ERVs.
Canard: No evidence of one species turning into another
Rebuttal: Explanation of how evolution actually works, as opposed to his caricature.
I kept them there for the best part of an hour, and some of the neighbours came out to listen. I almost felt sorry for them in the end, as it was clear that they were squirming to get away. I was very gentle with them, but left them in no doubt as to how I viewed their ideas.
Good fun, all in all.
Canard: The evidence for life goes back to only 7,000 years.
Rebuttal: 30,000 year-old sex toys in Germany.
Canard: Argument from design (compared a plant to a house).
Rebuttal 1: Metric for design.
Rebuttal 2: Quantum superposition in energy distribution in plants.
Rebuttal 3: Testable natural processes not even dreamt of by the authors of the bible.
Canard: Morality comes from god.
Rebuttal: If your god commanded you to do something you found reprehensible, would you do it?
Canard: Secular law comes from the bible.
Rebuttal 1: Wouldn't have made it to Sinai without these principles already having been recognised.
Rebuttal 2: Instances of Mosaic law that we deem immoral (stoning unruly children to death, etc).
Canard: No evolutionary explanation for morality.
Rebuttal: Evolutionary basis for ethical behaviour (thanks, Cali).
Canard: Newton was a Christian.
Rebuttal: Newton was an alchemist.
Canard: Responsibility to creator (compared to responsibility/respect for parents).
Rebuttal: Abusive parents (abuses of god in OT).
Canard: No evidence for human evolution.
Rebuttal: Fused chromosome, ERVs.
Canard: No evidence of one species turning into another
Rebuttal: Explanation of how evolution actually works, as opposed to his caricature.
I kept them there for the best part of an hour, and some of the neighbours came out to listen. I almost felt sorry for them in the end, as it was clear that they were squirming to get away. I was very gentle with them, but left them in no doubt as to how I viewed their ideas.
Good fun, all in all.