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So in conclusion, if the article needs work, fix it! If the field of YEC needs work, this isn't really a great forum to try and change that. Perhaps a debate page? [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 10:32, 3 April 2008 (EDT)
So in conclusion, if the article needs work, fix it! If the field of YEC needs work, this isn't really a great forum to try and change that. Perhaps a debate page? [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 10:32, 3 April 2008 (EDT)
:I agree with and understand your assertion [[ad populum]]. Here's my problem: I have a finite amount of life, so I can't afford to spend too much of my precious life energy arguing points with a few stubborn and obstinate people that are well understood by a good many people. I also trust in the intelligence in good well of my fellow human beings.
:Because of this trust, and my understanding of human nature, I don't feel any need to argue a position held by .01% of the experts in a field. I don't have time to study every rock ever cataloged. I trust that others have done so already. Geology is not a small field. Basic geology is taught at every community college in America.
:I can agree to an admission that no one knows when the Earth was made. But I cannot agree that cataclysmic geology is anything more than a fringe position on par with flat-earth society, UFO conspiracy, Moon Conspiracy, alchemy or phrenology or countless other beliefs passionately held by a tiny minority.
:I support the minority's right to think what they want. As an oddity or in the wildly improbably chance that the fringe is correct, I support the expression of the fringe idea in a form that others can access. But I can't see room for the fringe position in a serious discussion.
:But another of your points is well-taken. Maybe I should at last stop wasting time talking here and begin to make my edits. Perhaps there is no argument after all?