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| − | "'''Moving the goalposts'''" is a [[British]] expression first popularized in the late 1980s and 1990s and is obscure in [[America]] outside of use by [[evolutionists]] in debates. It has only | + | "'''Moving the goalposts'''" is a [[British]] expression first popularized in the late 1980s and 1990s and is obscure in [[America]] outside of use by [[evolutionists]] in debates. It has only 47,900 references on a [[Google]] search as of June 30, 2010,<ref>http://www.google.com/search?q=%22moving+the+goalposts%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a</ref> over 10% of which show up when searching "moving the goalposts" and "evolution".<ref>http://www.google.com/search?q=%22moving+the+goalposts%22+evolution&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a</ref> |
| − | As evolutionists are | + | As evolutionists are incapable of explaining the wonders of Creation, they often resort to this phrase when pressed by [[creation science|creation scientists]] in debates, as in "now you're moving the goalposts" in response to a question. |
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Revision as of 02:01, July 1, 2010
"Moving the goalposts" is a British expression first popularized in the late 1980s and 1990s and is obscure in America outside of use by evolutionists in debates. It has only 47,900 references on a Google search as of June 30, 2010,[1] over 10% of which show up when searching "moving the goalposts" and "evolution".[2]
As evolutionists are incapable of explaining the wonders of Creation, they often resort to this phrase when pressed by creation scientists in debates, as in "now you're moving the goalposts" in response to a question.
References
- ↑ http://www.google.com/search?q=%22moving+the+goalposts%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
- ↑ http://www.google.com/search?q=%22moving+the+goalposts%22+evolution&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
