It all comes down to how subtle you are. Morton is oh so subtle, Woodmorappe isn't.
From: glenn morton
To: Diane Roy
Cc: asa@calvin.edu
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: heat problem
At 05:17 PM 7/31/00 -0700, Diane Roy wrote:
> << Woodmorappe's book is as close as your local public or
university
>library. If they don't have it, they can interlibrary loan it. If you
don't
>>>
> Then read Mortons review at:
>http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/woodmorappe-review.html
> And then read Woodmrappe's response to Morton at:
>http://www.users.bigpond.com/webfx/cyber/refute.htm
Yeah, I would strongly suggest reading Woodmorappe's review so that people
can see that he defends the names he calls me. Woodmorappe can't argue
facts so he has to resort to name-calling. Instead of science we get
vitriol. His first few lines are:
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Some commentators have called attention to Morton's (apparent) politeness.
I have information which points to the contrary, but for the sake of
discussion I will assume that it is true. But even then, politeness is no
virtue when one is making irresponsible arguments. Remember, this is not a
round-table debate on whether vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream are
tastier. Morton is attacking the very Word of God. Like all compromising
evangelicals, he is, in his book, subjecting Scripture to the most
grotesque of contortions--all for the purpose of accommodating humanistic
thought-processes and theories.
The format of my reply is as follows. I first cite a bloc of Morton's
statements, and then comment on them.
>cited, attached to the citation are adjectives like "absurd", "naive",
>"compromising", "abysmally ignorant", "sloppy", "reckless disregard",
>"extremely inaccurate","misleading", "tomfoolery" and "intentionally
>deceitful".
Let us face the fact that most of the attacks on Noah's Ark have been so
irresponsible and silly that they deserve such adjectives--and more.
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As I said, when a person runs out of rational arguments, they begin to call
names.
glenn
Foundation, Fall and Flood
Adam, Apes and Anthropology
http://www.flash.net/~mortongr/dmd.htm
Lots of information on creation/evolution
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