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On Wednesday there was another creationism seminar in the Neelsie, presented by a Donald James Batten, B.Sc.Agr. (Hons 1), Ph.D. In my subjective experience, the talk seemed like less of a circus than the seminar presented last year. By that, I mean the nefarious content was a little less obvious to the lay person. A [...]

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Rumour has it CMI (Creation Ministries International) is visiting Stellenbosch Campus again. Topic: Evolution: a dark age for science and society? Date: 5 March 2008 Venue: Sanlam Hall, Neelsie Student Centre Time: 13:00-14:00 Expect a response on this blog within 72 hours of the event. If anyone would like to contribute, let me know. (The [...]

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I met a whole bunch of people yesterday. In the evening, I had drinks with Bertus! (from Saligerus) and two of his friends — someone from Kletskerk, and another blogger blogging from within the Dutch Reformed church. (I’m intentionally keeping the details vague. If I’m talking about you, and you would like yourself named, by [...]

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It is time for the first example of a straw man argument, presented by Gary Bates from Creation Ministries International (CMI) on 29 September in the Neelsie, on Stellenbosch Campus: Fossils take millions of years to form. What an incredibly cute straw man.

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Scientists seem to have one really big secret: science can’t prove ANYTHING!

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Gary Bates spent three hours talking about “science”, using “science” to pull the wool over his sheep’s eyes. When I asked him “what is science?”, the best he could come up with, was “nobody really knows”. Yes, nobody knows, that’s what he said. I asked the whole “panel” at the seminar, “please tell me what [...]

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Overwhelmingly, the first impression, the first piece of feedback given by other non-fundamentalist attendants, is shock expressed at how the fundies swallow absolutely anything they are told, no questions asked. Writes a Christian I met there (Update: Chris Venter, great guy ): Die ergste vir my was om te sien hoe die mense daar alles [...]

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After a nearly six hour session of listening and talking to creationists, I don’t know what to say. I have had ample warning about what it would be like, but did I really believe it? Yes, it was everything they said it would be. All the standard logical fallacies, all the standard tactics, reverse psychology, [...]

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Creation Seminar Details Apologies about the short notice, but tomorrow there is a “Creationism Seminar” in Stellenbosch. Gary Bates from Creation Ministries International is touring South Africa, visiting a number of other venues as well, including Gauteng. For more information and the touring schedule, see Creation – A Matter of Life and Death. As much [...]

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