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echo: philos
to: KEITH KNAPP
from: ANDREW CUMMINS
date: 1998-04-14 19:08:00
subject: Logical impasse

 -=> Quoting Keith Knapp to Frank Masingill <=-
 KK> A few years ago I used to fall for that stuff all the time over on
 KK> the Evolution echo.  E.g., "Every argument against evolution is an
 KK> argument for creation."  There are about half a dozen ways you can
 KK> take that apart and show that it's completely fallacious, but if you
 KK> don't _know_ that, you're a sitting duck for a good debater.
Half the model of Creation is "Evolution didn't happen."  As
such, any evidence against Evolution is evidence for Creation.
And, until you present a third viable alternative, any
evidence against Evolution is evidence for Creation as
a matter of elimination.
Consider, there are three alternatives for the origin
of the universe: Creation, Big Bang, and Steady State.
Thus, evidence against the Big Bang isn't necessarily
evidence for Creation.
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