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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 450,000 references on a [[Google]] search as of August 22, 2017,<ref>https://www.google.com/search?q=moving+the+goalposts</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> |
It is an expression used as a substitute for giving a direct answer to a question, on the pretense that the questioner is changing his argument. | It is an expression used as a substitute for giving a direct answer to a question, on the pretense that the questioner is changing his argument. | ||
Revision as of 23:14, August 22, 2017
"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 450,000 references on a Google search as of August 22, 2017,[1] over 10% of which show up when searching "moving the goalposts" and "evolution".[2]
It is an expression used as a substitute for giving a direct answer to a question, on the pretense that the questioner is changing his argument.
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. Thus, asserting that someone is moving the goalposts is a common logical fallacy.
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