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| | * An equal lack of understanding, or denial, that most of the greatest scientists in the Western world asserted the reality of [[creation]] and the [[Great Flood]] prior to the [[Enlightenment]], or else a denial that their scientific achievements (including those of [[Sir Isaac Newton]]!) matter today. | | * An equal lack of understanding, or denial, that most of the greatest scientists in the Western world asserted the reality of [[creation]] and the [[Great Flood]] prior to the [[Enlightenment]], or else a denial that their scientific achievements (including those of [[Sir Isaac Newton]]!) matter today. |
| | * Frequent reliance on [[circular reasoning]], as in defining evolution as change and [[survival of the fittest]] as those who survive | | * Frequent reliance on [[circular reasoning]], as in defining evolution as change and [[survival of the fittest]] as those who survive |
| − | * [[Liberal projection|projection]]—figuratively "throwing off" their own faults on the other side, in that they accuse the other side of doing the very things that they themselves do. | + | * [[Liberal projection|Projection]]—figuratively "throwing off" their own faults on the other side, in that they accuse the other side of doing the very things that they themselves do. |
| − | * Claiming to enjoy scientific debate yet often refusing to debate creationists. | + | * Claiming to enjoy scientific debate while refusing to debate creationists. |
| | * Refusing to allow the possibility that God exists. | | * Refusing to allow the possibility that God exists. |
| | * Claiming that so-called "[[Theistic evolution]]" is possible, which would indicate that the events that took place in Genesis are false (meaning God lied about them) or allegoric. | | * Claiming that so-called "[[Theistic evolution]]" is possible, which would indicate that the events that took place in Genesis are false (meaning God lied about them) or allegoric. |
| | * Ignoring the clear historical link between [[Darwinism]], [[Eugenics]], and the [[Holocaust]]. | | * Ignoring the clear historical link between [[Darwinism]], [[Eugenics]], and the [[Holocaust]]. |
| − | * [[Deliberate ignorance]] about phenomena that [[evolution]] cannot explain, such as remarkable [[migration]] and [[homing]], or the existence of the [[whale]] | + | * [[Deliberate ignorance]] about [[Counterexamples to evolution|phenomena that evolution cannot explain]], such as remarkable [[migration]] and [[homing]], or the existence of the [[whale]]. |
| | * Claim that the theory of evolution can be used as an applied science, like the development of flu vaccines, but continuing to support the theory when the application fails. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/opinion/20sun3.html?ref=opinion</ref> | | * Claim that the theory of evolution can be used as an applied science, like the development of flu vaccines, but continuing to support the theory when the application fails. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/opinion/20sun3.html?ref=opinion</ref> |
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| | [[Category:Evolution]] | | [[Category:Evolution]] |
| | + | [[Category:Liberal Falsehoods]] |