I almost feel sorry for Nancy Pearcey. Almost. Nick Matzke shreds the poor woman, and I felt a faint twinge of sympathy…but such ignorance and mendacity deserves the treatment she gets.
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I've written many a post skewering the claims of ID advocates over the years, but I have to bow down and genuflect before this treatment by Nick Matzke of young earth creationist/IDist Nancy Pearcey at the Panda's Thumb. There are good fiskings, there are verbal beatdowns, and then there are first…
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As Ms. Pearcey says, "the logic of ID is different from Creationism." And she clearly spells out the difference:
"(C)reationism was founded by people who were bible-believing christians ... But that's not the way you talk to people who don't share your beliefs."
Caught lying and cheating.
Red-handed.
Will this make any difference?
Naaah .....