Panda's Thumb Reviews Fallwell's Creationist Extravaganza

[BurtWorm]

"Just under 50%" of Americans believe the earth is 6,000 years old?! :wtf:

http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2005/07/report_on_the_2.html

People start taking their seats and Jerry Falwell approaches the platform. Golly! He's famous. I've seen him on television.

He describes the conference as an historic event, and claims around 2000 attendees. My own informal count says that's a plausible number. He then asserts that all the polls show that 2/3 to 3/4 of Americans agree with AiG on this issue, which is total nonsense. The polls have consistently shown that the percentage of people accepting the Young-Earth position is just under fifty percent.

He boasts that the debate is being won by the church. He says that despite having the media, Hollywood and academe against them, the church of Jesus Christ returned George W. Bush to the White House. And this is about science, right?

Then he launches into the standard pitch about creation being necessary to redemption. If Genesis is unreliable, then how can they be confident that the crucifixion account is true.

[BeyondThePale]

1. Good point Reverand--although not as you meant it!

"If Genesis is unreliable, then how can they be confident that the crucifixion account is true."

I agree completely!

[BurtWorm]

3. They seem not to realize that their argument is a nail in the coffin of

a smart, fair-minded creationist's faith. (Assuming there is such a thing.)

[BurtWorm]

2. “Do not let evidence fuel your appreciation of God.

Let your appreciation of God influence your view of the evidence.”
Young Earth creationist Carl Kerby


:scared:

[Tux]

4. If 50%

Go for this shit, our science/technology will suffer and more jobs sent to India and China. Thanks, Falwell.