Talk.origins
Talk.origins is a bot-moderated usenet group with a focus on the creation-evolution debate. It is predominantly used by promoters of the theory of evolution but a large number of users support creationism and other non-mainstream ideas.[Citation Needed]
Jargon
talk.origins is renowned for having its own jargon.[Citation Needed] Examples include:
- quote mining
- Extracting and using quotes by someone to argue against his beliefs. The person alleging "quote mining" sometimes, but not always, claims the quote was taken out of context.[Citation Needed]
- fundy loon[Citation Needed]
- Short for the derogatory "fundamentalist lunatic."
- goddidit
- Also known as "god of the gaps". Derisive terms for appealing to God's involvement as an explanation for any unknown cause[Citation Needed]
- PRATT
- Stands for "Previously Refuted a thousand times" often used as a way of avoiding an answer, by claiming an answer has already been given by someone else.[Citation Needed]
- "moving the goalposts"
- expecting an evolutionist to progress to step 2 of an argument.
- "spaghetti monster"
- a peculiar parody of religion.
Talk Origins Archive
Many of the more popular contributors and their post have been archived at a separate site. This site contains the scientific responses to many of the most used and most known arguments from creationists. It is often cited in online debates when arguments that are viewed as all ready refuted are used.
Criticisms of Talk Origins Archive
Creationists have a number of criticisms of the Talk.origins archive and a number of them can be found at the True.Origin Archive.[1] CreationWiki has a large amount of material asserting that the Talk.origins Archive material is errant. [2]
See also
External Links
- talk.origins via Google Groups
- TalkOrigins Archive website