I'm trying to think of polite anti creationist arguments
My dad is turning, I have none that don't end with my mum saying "oh shush both of you"
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:07, 4 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Your Father is a creationist?

( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:11, Reply)

borderline, he said the other day
I used to think they were loopy but there are unanswered questions.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:15, Reply)

p.s. he's a born again christian

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:15, Reply)

Good way to wind him up
ask him why there has to be 'faith', surely the first hand evidence of God's presence on Earth recorded at the time, in the bible, is convincing enough evidence?

what's that? No? then why choose to deliberately believe something which is unbelievable? Isn't that the hallmark of being a complete tool?
( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:18, Reply)

Sit him down in front of Planet Dinosaur tomorrow night.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:18, Reply)

point out to him that
christianity does not mean you have to be a creationist. There's a lot of assumption about that, and it's bollocks
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:19, Reply)

Old, bad teeth, nerd, divorced, fat, internet-dater
please don't add theist to the list.
( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:21, Reply)

Hang on, didn't you chuck your muck up a couple of internet birds?

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:33, Reply)

*sniggers*

( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:35, Reply)

Good point well made

( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:38, Reply)

unanswered questions?
Well, not really, your Father has chosen to answer them with really retarded answers.
( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:43, Reply)

You need to commit patricide.
It's the only way.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:12, Reply)

Ask him who he takes after, his Mum or his Dad.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:12, Reply)

I made that point.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:15, Reply)

Did that not work?
You won't win him round, so why bother? There are loads of things wrong with Creationism. Why don't you start with some easier things, like what happened to all the freshwater fish during the great flood. Did Noah have an aquarium?

What about all the species of insect? It must have been one fucking big ark.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:17, Reply)

I was thinking more along the lines of
if you ignore the counter arguments then how can you accept the arguments.

but that can be turned around.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:24, Reply)

At time like this I like to remember the wise words of Bertrand Russell
'Never let yourself be diverted by what you wish to believe but look only and surely at what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out.'
( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:28, Reply)

he's also told me that true christians don't lie

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:30, Reply)

Neither do lawyers

( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:32, Reply)

Careful with this
Creationism and evolution are not mutually exclusive.
Science has yet to provide a conclusive answer as to how and why life initially developed.
( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:19, Reply)

Well, a man and a woman, who love each other very much...

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:21, Reply)

And the origins of the universe are truly inexplicable.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:40, Reply)

I've not got any specific arguments against creationism.
I got into an argument recently over dinner at the Middle Temple with a bloke called Vlad who believes in magical mystic healing or somesuch.

He told me 'I couldn't explain it'. I countered by saying yes he could and that his explanation was supernatural. I couldn't explain it and was content to withhold judgement, he on the other hand could and did explain it, his explanation amounted to 'I don't understand how I got better so it must have been ghosts'.
( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:16, Reply)

Suggestion is a strong tool for the weak minded.

( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:18, Reply)

Hang on.
You mean those really WERE the droids I was looking for. *sobs*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:20, Reply)

Vlad is an internationally acclaimed violinist, a child prodigy and a member of the Middle Temple
I wouldn't describe him as 'weak-minded', I think its just intellectual laziness.
( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:20, Reply)

I diagnose non internet autism

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:22, Reply)

Just because someone is clever doesn't mean they are strong willed.
And what the fuck is the Middle Temple?
( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:23, Reply)

Don't bother. I've googled.

( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:24, Reply)

It's Tinie Tempahs older brother. But even he isn't the oldest.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:32, Reply)

lmgtfy.com/?q=Middle+Temple
( WormuIus, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 20:25, Reply)