Submitted by HeyZeusCreaseToe on April 5, 2008 - 2:38pm.
Yes, all his arguments seem to be based in one fallacy or another and a lot of his ideas just seem to be falsifiably wrong, ie. correlation=causation, dark ages a misnomer meaning only prescience. I know we need people to refute this idiotic ideas because there are so many different semi-respected people putting them out there, but this almost seems futile at times. The cherrypicking of "smart Scientists were Good Christians and since they were smarter than you, you should believe their religious convictions too" is absurd reasoning at best.
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda
More cherries anyone?
Yes, all his arguments seem to be based in one fallacy or another and a lot of his ideas just seem to be falsifiably wrong, ie. correlation=causation, dark ages a misnomer meaning only prescience. I know we need people to refute this idiotic ideas because there are so many different semi-respected people putting them out there, but this almost seems futile at times. The cherrypicking of "smart Scientists were Good Christians and since they were smarter than you, you should believe their religious convictions too" is absurd reasoning at best.
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda