New Creationist Ploy: Skepticism, Demanding Evidence

[madmatt621]

I just listened to the radio show Biblically Correct Tours in the series Soundprint. In it, I heard a creationist strategy new to me: appropriating "skepticism" and the demand for "evidence" to undermine evolution in a way that, well, makes me sick from its dishonesty. The following excerpts are paraphrased in good faith from memory:

We hear a creationist lecturing to small children. He tells the children to always ask, "How do you know this is true?" and each time, demands the children repeat the phrase as if it were some kind of religious service. Then he tells the kids they should be skeptical and demand evidence of whatever they are told. Sounds pretty Randi, but here's the twist:

He continues, "How do we know that life came about from non-living chemicals?

"Science involves collecting evidence and making observations. According to evolutionists, life coming from non-life happened only once, no one was there to observe it, and there is no evidence for it. Therefore, evolution is not science. On the other hand, what evidence do we have that god created life? We have the bible! Who was there to observe it? God was there to observe it! So, biblical creation is science."

In another part of the program the children, who have just been indoctrinated in creationist nonsense, get to ask an evolutionist any question they want. One kid asks, "Why do you teach false facts?"

The "Soundprint" web site promises the program will soon be online as an mp3.

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