1. Do they really think the earth is flat?

Comment #224295 by mrtim on August 4, 2008 at 12:34 pm

Peacebeuponyoutoo -- I was just going to say the same thing. I met a couple of self described flat-earthers in the old Usetnet groups in the 90s, and they were mostly all about asking people why they believed what they believed. Of course almost everyone else would say that the earth was round, but not many were able to actually argue that position. And these guys were *good* debaters.

It was all very amusing.

But it always seemed that the smilies were there in their postings if you knew what to look for.

2. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #207252 by mrtim on July 9, 2008 at 11:50 am

You know, this would all make perfect sense to any competent witch doctor.

3. Science owes its origins to Christianity or Religion

Comment #83197 by mrtim on October 29, 2007 at 8:50 am

Garnok -- well said. I think it was Christopher Hitchens who said in an interview that he hoped religion would eventually evolve into philosophy, just as alchemy evolved into chemistry.

In my experience this rebuttal will *not* result in a reasoned response . . .