Re: Comments

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 01:11:03 +0000 (UTC), "Pat"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>You evolutionists are generally very well educated, and the creationists in
>contrast don't seem that well educated. It reminds me of very clever lawyers
>in a court that can make anything seem plausible. Just because you seem to
>win the arguments against people who are not educated enough to argue back
>does not make you right.

Pat, this is a poor analogy.  A better analogy would be if Bob has a
plan to make a million bucks by exploiting a loophole in the laws
prohibiting pyramid schemes, and is arguing about it with his friend
Chuck who happens to be a lawyer specializing in prosecuting fraud
cases.  Bob tries to argue his case ("yeah, but it's not *really* a
pyramid scheme so I'm in the clear!") but Chuck just dissects Bob's
plan and cites each and every clause of the legal code the plan
violates.

The average Joe (who knows about as much about the law as Bob does) is
likely to find Chuck's explanation daunting, no matter how direct and
simple it is.  Who do you think is likely to be right?


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Kevyn Winkless                     kevyn at the-winkless.net

God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.
         German proverb