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It is time for the first example of a straw man argument, presented by Gary Bates from Creation Ministries International (CMI) on 29 September in the Neelsie, on Stellenbosch Campus:
Fossils take millions of years to form.
What an incredibly cute straw man.

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Scientists seem to have one really big secret: science can’t prove ANYTHING!

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Gary Bates spent three hours talking about “science”, using “science” to pull the wool over his sheep’s eyes. When I asked him “what is science?”, the best he could come up with, was “nobody really knows”. Yes, nobody knows, that’s what he said. I asked the whole “panel” at the seminar, “please tell me what [...]

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Overwhelmingly, the first impression, the first piece of feedback given by other non-fundamentalist attendants, is shock expressed at how the fundies swallow absolutely anything they are told, no questions asked. Writes a Christian I met there (Update: Chris Venter, great guy ):
Die ergste vir my was om te sien hoe die mense daar alles [...]

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After a nearly six hour session of listening and talking to creationists, I don’t know what to say. I have had ample warning about what it would be like, but did I really believe it? Yes, it was everything they said it would be. All the standard logical fallacies, all the standard tactics, reverse psychology, [...]

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Creation Seminar

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Apologies about the short notice, but tomorrow there is a “Creationism Seminar” in Stellenbosch. Gary Bates from Creation Ministries International is touring South Africa, visiting a number of other venues as well, including Gauteng. For more information and the touring schedule, see Creation [...]

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