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'''Evolutionists''', or believers in the [[theory of evolution]], have a trademark style of argument that includes:
'''Evolutionists''', or believers in the [[theory of evolution]], have a trademark style of argument that includes:
* excessive personal attacks that often include childish name-calling and personal put-downs, more so than other debaters
* attempted [[proof by assertion]]. The classic case of such conduct was Sir [[Charles Lyell]]'s advocacy of [[uniformitarianism]], which establishes the required [[deep time]] scale and as such is the very linchpin of the evolutionary paradigm.
* [[argumentum ad hominem]], or excessive personal attacks that often include childish name-calling and personal put-downs, more so than other debaters
* [[argument from authority]], or highlighting their own academic credentials or those of their allies in support of their theories. An academic credential can include anything from a publishing credit (especially in a "peer-reviewed" journal) to a degree to a particular academic appointment. However, [[Ben Stein]] (''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]'') shows that evolutionists add this twist: they systematically deny to others, whenever they can, any opportunity to acquire similar credentials.
* use of bizarre jargon such as [[quote mining]] and [[moving the goalposts]]
* use of bizarre jargon such as [[quote mining]] and [[moving the goalposts]]
* inordinate attempt to demonize the other side, as in overuse of the term [[creationist]] and [[fundamentalist]]
* inordinate attempt to demonize the other side, as in overuse of the term [[creationist]] and [[fundamentalist]]
* an astounding lack of understanding -- or denial -- of how most great scientists and mathematicians either rejected evolution or were silent about it
* an astounding lack of understanding -- or denial -- of how most great scientists and mathematicians either rejected evolution or were silent about it
* 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
* projection—literally, "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.
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