Dr. Strawman is at it again

Okay, so I've got a really cool story to tell you all. Lately, I've had the opportunity to look at Glenn Morton's "patented" http://home.entouch.net/dmd/dmd.htm . Don't bother to go there its a waste of time. I happened to come upon one of his "brilliant" articles. I kindly posted a response to it on Theology Web: I think here is a good place to put Glenn Morton's paper which I have revised for accuracy: Glenn R. Morton has a long history of making and repeating fallacious arguments against creationist scientists. Yes indeedy....lets take Glenn Morton's evidence here: http://home.entouch.net/dmd/moreandmore.htmNow lets take out Mr. Glenn Morton's opinion at the end here......Seeing all this, one can reasonably ask the question: When exactly will the demise of evolution be apparent to the rest of us?And we can reasonably give the answer. Lets take a look at the evidence provided. What we see, if we actually take into account "Trends" is that these accounts are becoming more and more well substantiated over the last 15 years with the inbreeding of Intelligent Design Theorem. What should this mean? It means, the demise is evident already! The problem is that Mr. Glenn Morton is blind to his own evidence. Oh well, you can lead a blind horse to water, but you can't make him drink, right?

GREAT! So Mr. Glenn Morton's blindness is even more insightfully shown with his reply to my statement. "I have been fascinated by how minority opinions seem to have people who think everyone else is finally coming over to their viewpoint. It seems to be one of those psychological needs in the minority opinion to think that they are making progress, even if they aren't. I am reading a soon to be published book which I was sent for review. They had a great non-creationist, non-antievolutionary example of this more-and-more phenomenon.
Robert Schadewald, Worlds of Their Own: Insights into PseudoScience from Creationism to the End Times, Ed. by Lois Schadewald, (Excelsior, Minn., SangFroid Press, 2006), p. 117
The high point came in 1969, when the U. S. landed men on the moon.That, according to Johnson, is nonsense, because the moon landings were faked by Hollywood studios. He even names the man who wrote the scripts: he science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. But he acknowledges taht the moon landings were at least partly successful.'Until then,' he says, 'almost no one seriously considered the world a ball. The landings converted a few of them, but many are coming back now and getting off of it."
© source where applicable This quote is from the flat-earth society president Charlie Johnson. He saw progress in convincing people of the flat earth because people were leaving the spherical camp after the moon landing. What a load of hooey. That guy also thought that the death of FDR prevented the governments of the world from declaring the world flat with FDR being elected president of the world and ruling from the UN.BTW, I am about 3/4 through with Schadewald's book and it is a fantastic read. He covers perpetual motion machines, flat earthers, creationism. He points out that every English-speaking flat earther is a flat earther because of his interpretation of the Bible. In fact one quote in the book has a flat earther chiding the sphericist anti-evolutionists for straining out the gnat of evolution while swallowing the camel of a modern astronomy!If I were to look, I bet I could find similar more-and-more statements among political devotees and long-time Red-sox fans. "

This is a typical Evolutionist claim. Instead of talking about Science, he's going to bring in politics or some superstitious comment in regards to the statement. In arguments, we like to call these "strawman" arguments. So from now on you will hear me refer to him as Dr. Strawman. Dr. Strawman's statement however very greatly deteriorates when we, again, pick apart his "evidential" support. I kindly posted a response to his nonsensical claim after challenging him to a debate, which by silence, he accepted defeat:
"Well its 11:00....and chicken little is not here. So, I guess I will deconstruct this SILLY statement (to all the YECs out there, add this one to your book of the silliest Evolutionist claims ever). Point no. 1 made by Dr. Strawman: "I have been fascinated by how minority opinions seem to have people who think everyone else is finally coming over to their viewpoint. It seems to be one of those psychological needs in the minority opinion to think that they are making progress, even if they aren't. I am reading a soon to be published book which I was sent for review. They had a great non-creationist, non-antievolutionary example of this more-and-more phenomenon." My response in earnest was: "Its quite obvious you are fascinated with minority opinions. If you have checked the polls lately, you will find that Evolution is one of those minority held opinions within the United States as well as within other countries. I have a fascinating article in which I have found a survey taken within about 38 European countries and some middle Eastern countries that states that 75% of the world buys into YEC! If anything, the more and more phenomenon burden of proof lies against the Evolutionist. Find a bunch of Creationists who are turning against Creationism to Evolution, then we can have a serious talk." Dr. Strawman: "That, according to Johnson, is nonsense, because the moon landings were faked by Hollywood studios. He even names the man who wrote the scripts: he science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. But he acknowledges taht the moon landings were at least partly successful.Until then,' he says, 'almost no one seriously considered the world a ball. The landings converted a few of them, but many are coming back now and getting off of it."This quote is from the flat-earth society president Charlie Johnson. He saw progress in convincing people of the flat earth because people were leaving the spherical camp after the moon landing. What a load of hooey." Me again: Wow! Indeed it is a load of hooey. Who believes the earth is flat anymore? Not many. About the size of the population who "hopes" there isn't a God? Maybe even less. Dr. Strawman: "That guy also thought that the death of FDR prevented the governments of the world from declaring the world flat with FDR being elected president of the world and ruling from the UN.BTW, I am about 3/4 through with Schadewald's book and it is a fantastic read. He covers perpetual motion machines, flat earthers, creationism. He points out that every English-speaking flat earther is a flat earther because of his interpretation of the Bible. In fact one quote in the book has a flat earther chiding the sphericist anti-evolutionists for straining out the gnat of evolution while swallowing the camel of a modern astronomy!If I were to look, I bet I could find similar more-and-more statements among political devotees and long-time Red-sox fans.[/QUOTE]" My final response: "UHHHH, okay? What does baseball have to do with Creationism? Yeah, thats quite relevant Dr. Morton. And um, so we have an idiot on our hands? Who cares? Who believes the earth is flat anymore? The Bible states that the earth is round. Would you like for me to point out some passages for you?David states in Isaiah 40:22 that the world is spherical: 22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.Where on earth does this knucklehead find anything written about the earth being flat? There is a reference about the compass within the Bible, the 4 far sides of the earth. So? A compass points to 4 directions. That doesn't mean the earth is flat. Nobody in their right mind would believe that. Of course, I can certainly say the same about Evolution. Who would want to believe that "hooey" anyways? Evolution is a farce as is your evidence! You should join the flat earth society. I think you and Charles Johnson would make a tremendous pair! You may even have enough crap in your mouths to be able to attempt to convince people to believe in what you have to say...who knows? I can certainly see why you like studying the stuff. You and the material have much in common. Casey Powell P.S. can I use this on my blog? Oh well, I think I'm going to anyways" Okay, so I definitely didn't take a complete "scholar and a gentleman" approach to the case scenario, but I certainly got my point across. If this is what the cream of the crop of Evolution has to offer us, this being Dr. Strawman, (I might add, a PHD led me to this fascinating goofball, who I am now going to put on the Screwball of the month Candidate list), then Evolution is in even more trouble than I thought it was. Believe in this guy, and you will seriously have an issue on your hands. The superstition might want to be examined a little closer to home in this case of this gentleman here.

Authored by: Casey Powell