Sunday, September 26, 2010

HOW TO DEBATE A CREATIONIST

The next time you hear some drooling bible-thumper rant about the merits of creationism, resist the urge to vomit, grab him by the lapels, and try to talk some sense into him. But restrain thee thy wrath. And lash out not in intellectual righteousness, for thine adversary is to be pitied more than scorned.
Returning to the point of this post, Skeptic Magazine offers an antidote to contemporary christian creation mythology. How to Debate a Creationist features 25 creationists' arguments and 25 evolutionists' responses. The booklet, moderately priced at $5.00, also contains essays on "The Relationship of Science and Religion," "Evolution Denial and Holocaust Denial," "Debates and Truth," and "What is Evolution," as well as an interview with Stephen Jay Gould. Anyone interested in evolution, creationism, unintelligent design, or polemics should include it in their library.

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