Climate Change

[Stealth Hunter]

Originally Posted by August

A belief that humans evolved on earth with no help whatsoever from a creator is not the nearly the same thing as a belief in the "Young Earth Theory"

List off the alternatives then. The two biggest factions on that issue are the scientific community, which takes the stance of evolution, and the religious community which takes the stance of Young Earth Creationism (except for the Catholics and some more moderate groups, particularly amongst the Lutherans; the Baptists are some of the most hardshelled ones you'll find out there).

Originally Posted by August

but of course you knew that, just like you know it has nothing to do with global warming

But it does have to do with his original statement that: "Such a stance is why public trust in the scientific community continues to drop." Global warming is just one area that the community takes a stance on, evolution may very well be an issue just as big if not bigger. Hence, it does have a manner of relevance- particularly when also discussing how uninformed the public is today- yet how they take sides anyway despite their ignorance. But on.

Originally Posted by August

and amounts to nothing more than a personal attack on Aramike.

Touchy, touchy we are tonight. A personal attack on Aramike would be, "Well you're a friggin' dumbass!" Simply disagreeing with his statement in a refined and non-hostile way- since when does that constitute a personal attack? The only people I've attacked are the 87% from that poll that take a side without knowing what the hell they're talking about, and the others the world over who are exactly like them. Aramike has an interest in science and a good amount of knowledge on it. Moreso than Haplo... and several others amongst us...