A very well thought out post, Glenn.
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Rule 1. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER try and convince creationists they are wrong
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I'd agree with that, and in particular it covers both sides of the argument. It seems in most debates of evolution vs creationism, noone will ever convince the other side to change their mind. Everyone goes over the same old arguments over and over again having to get the last say, without any hope of "converting" anyone to their way of thinking.
That's when people start getting personal, attacking the people not the ideas, and why threads like this have had a habit of being locked.
However I hope that we're all mature enough to have a debate without resorting to personal attacks, so I don't plan for this thread to be locked.
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Rule 3. The don’t step on someone’s faith toes!
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I'd definitely agree with this too - people obviously get very defensive about their faith and will defend it to the death as it's what they believe and in some cases makes them who they are and how they live.
Interestingly, there was an interview on Sydney ABC 702 this morning with someone called Richard Williamson (I think) who was talking about the evolution vs creationist debate, as well as religions in general (he was an aethiest). It was a good interview, I was enjoying listening to it, and then all of a sudden he got cut off and they didn't get him back.
I suspect someone up high in the ABC didn't like what he was hearing (or they got a complaint from a creationist in big business) and they cut the interview.
Conspiracy theory, but i'm sticking with it.
