Thank you SoSick for another kind response.
Linda, you are insane. Your friend RAZD is insane.
To quote from the
Russ Tanner Manifesto (posted in many places, repetition being another common tactic of distraction, and thus easy to find)
One of the most important points I've been attempting to convey all along is this:
When people attempt to tell a lie that is so obviously a lie, the only intellectual tactic they can resort to is "distraction". [color:"red"]If they are desperate, they will often resort to character assassination as well[/color].
(Color/bold added for emPHAsis. Note that Russ then goes on to describe common creationist methodology rife with distractions and void of factuality)
Aren't you getting a little desperate SoSick, when you need to portray
several people as being insane? Of course another choice is that we are right and you are wrong, but incapable of recognizing that (for any one of several reasons).
the only thing either of you have proven is a blatant disregard for fact and every other discipline.
The both of you have done nothing except provide an exceptionally strong argument for the delusional propensity of eviloution as a social science.
Yet geology, chemistry, physics and astronomy confirm a very old earth, evolution does happen, has been observed ...
Evolution is a
natural science while the
social sciences include disciplines like anthropology, economics, education, geography, history, law, linguistics, political science, psychology, and sociology. It looks like, once again, you are confused about what evolution is, the process, the theory, and the science. Or in denial.
Let me refer to this definition again:
de·lu·sion –noun 1.
[color:"white"]...[/color] a. The act or process of deluding.
[color:"white"]...[/color] b. The state of being deluded.
2. A false belief or opinion:
labored under the delusion that success was at hand.
3.
Psychiatry A false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness:
delusions of persecution.
(American Heritage Dictionary 2007) And note that the distinction between delusion/2 and delusion/3 is the denial of invalidating evidence (which needs to have been presented),
... and you have yet to provide a single fact to back up your position on any argument I have seen.
For information from
yet another discipline, please see
cognitive dissonance:
Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term describing the uncomfortable tension that may result from having two conflicting thoughts at the same time, or from engaging in behavior that conflicts with one's beliefs.
In simple terms, it can be the filtering of information that conflicts with what one already believes, in an effort to ignore that information and reinforce one's beliefs.
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This leads some people who feel dissonance to seek information that will reduce dissonance and avoid information that will increase dissonance. People who are involuntarily exposed to information that increases dissonance are likely to discount that information, either by ignoring it, misinterpreting it, or denying it.
Of course a simple way to discount the information is to decide that all the people telling it are insane.
By the way, I'm new here so I was wondering what the 5 stars under my name (vs 2 under yours) mean? Just curious, as I haven't been here that long.
Enjoy.
Note: [color:"green"]My time (too) is limited, so I post on threads of particular interest to me, but I cannot guarantee a reply to all responses (particularly if they do not discuss the issue/s), and I expect other people to do the same. Thank you for your consideration.[/color]
