World atheist convention rejects Australian creationist debate challenge
CMI responds with a public event in the same city on the same weekend
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Dr Peter Singer, an Australian-born philosopher who is Professor of Bioethics at
Princeton University. Singer’s writings consistently elevate the rights of
animals above disabled or unborn human beings, including the advocacy of infanticide.
He has openly indicated that the “old” ethical order his teachings are
intended to supplant is one based on the Genesis teaching of mankind made in the
image of God. Which of course he regards as untenable due to his evolutionary belief
that all life emerged naturally from chemicals to its present state of order over
millions of years.
by Dr Carl Wieland
Published: 1 January 2010(GMT+10)
The 2010 Global Atheist Convention will be held in Melbourne, Australia, at the
prestigious Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, over the weekend of March
12–14, 2010.1
Titled “The Rise of Atheism”, it is being billed as the “biggest
ever atheist event in Australia’s history”. The more than twenty presenters
include some of the “cream” of the world’s most prominent and
vocal atheists.2 These include
the notorious “ethicist” Professor Peter Singer who has made it plain
that some animals have greater “rights” than human infants, who can
even be killed after birth in certain circumstances (for more, try typing “Peter
Singer” into the search engine on this website).
Also, the fanatically anti-creationist biology professor PZ Myers, who runs a well-known
“science blog”—and of course self-styled “devil’s
chaplain” and Darwinism promoter extraordinaire Dr Richard Dawkins will be
there in full force. As will a whole array of representatives of various rationalist,
humanist, skeptic and freethinker groups.
Atheism = faith in evolution (the world made itself)
All of these make it overwhelmingly plain in their writings that their reasons for
rejecting Christianity and the God of the Bible are firmly founded on and reinforced
by their faith in evolution. They fully understand, sometimes better than many Christians,
how evolution and its “millions of years” completely undermines and
destroys the whole logical foundation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
It’s not long since Dawkins rocked the world with his million-plus bestseller
hymn to atheism, The God Delusion. His follow-up magnum opus,
not long released, sets in cement his deep conviction that “science”
(read naturalism, evolution and long ages) makes belief in a personal God impossible.
It is called The Greatest Show on Earth: the evidence for evolution, and
with it he intends to throw down the ultimate gauntlet to creationists. (Read on
for our coming response to this latest Dawkins book.)
Why CMI issued a public invitation/challenge to debate
All CMI offices are of course certain that goo-to-you evolution is not only spiritually
but also intellectually bankrupt. CMI-Australia in particular became convinced that
with the world’s top atheists boastfully proclaiming their faith and its alleged
“intellectual foundations” (evolutionary science) in Australia, we had
a duty to make a public stand in response—fully conscious that the real warfare
is spiritual. In 2 Corinthians 10:4 the Apostle Paul says that “The
weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have
divine power to demolish strongholds.” In the very next verse he sets out
what the apostles went about doing (bold emphasis ours): “We demolish
arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,
and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
Since this is about as public an anti-God pretension as there could be, and one
based on a claim to rational argument, we sent an open letter of invitation/challenge
to the convention organisers. This was for a public creation-evolution debate, offering
for it to be formally videotaped with each side freely able to distribute it, regardless
of the outcome. They were to be permitted to have a panel of their choice of atheists
(preferably including Dawkins) formally debate the issue—of whether the evidence
best supports creation or evolution—against our choice of CMI staff scientists.
Global atheists turn down debate
We got a rejection back the same day—which didn’t surprise us, except
for possibly the speed. It’s easy for popular anticreationist books to distort
and misrepresent the science involved in proper creationist claims made by scientifically
trained and competent people, and also to set up strawmen to “demolish”
in front of an unsuspecting audience. But if it wasn’t obvious before, it
is clear now, that it was never going to be palatable to such anti-creation promoters
to be held accountable in public for their misrepresentations, strawmen (and sometimes
blatant deceptions). Nevertheless, we think it was important to try, if only to
have taken a stand so that it might in some way help highlight the bankruptcy of
these claims of “intellectual superiority”. (Plus we are holding a special
Melbourne event the same weekend—see below).
Richard Dawkins and his crusade
Photo <www.expelledthemovie.com>
Richard Dawkins
As quoted on the site of the 2010 Melbourne Global Atheist Convention, Dawkins states:
“The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science
… We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to
defending it from deliberate attack from organized ignorance … ”
Translation: We have to spend a lot of time and money fighting the creationists
(who are winning hearts and minds) and defending evolution.
SO WHY WON’T THEY DO SO IN AN OPEN PUBLIC FORUM? ONE WITH CREATIONIST SCIENTISTS
WILLING TO FLY DOWN TO WHERE THEY ARE—A FORUM WHERE, UNLIKE IN THE ATHEISTS’/SKEPTICS’
BOOKS AND ARTICLES, ARGUMENTS CAN BE REBUTTED IN THE OPEN LIGHT OF DAY.
Dawkins himself, while in Australia in March 2010, will also be holding a public
lecture in Brisbane, home of CMI-Australia. The venue bills him as one who, via
his latest book The Greatest Show on Earth, “comprehensively
rebuts the creationists by pulling together the incontrovertible evidence for evolution.”
In addition to highlighting this pointed refusal to debate the issues, CMI will,
prior to Dawkins’ arrival, be releasing a new book by Dr Jonathan Sarfati
comprehensively rebutting the best that Dawkins could come up with on evolution,
the intellectual foundation stone of his atheism. Stay tuned!
Curiously, Dawkins says that he refuses to debate creationists simply because it
gives them prestige. Yet, he has gone ahead and debated some ‘creationists’
while insisting that he would not debate creationists. Since he insists that he
will not debate creationists even while debating some, he is obviously picking and
choosing those he considers to be easy targets or those who he knows will not effectively
counter his evolutionism.
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One Dawkins supporter wondered, in effect, ‘Why not debate the creationists?’
We’ve included the back and forth correspondence, below the main text of this
article. This is for accuracy and accountability, and so you can see the terms proposed,
which left plenty of room for negotiation on the details. But the details were never
an issue, there was never any desire for open debate.3 The organisers even refused to pass the invitation
on to the presenters. When we asked again, we were told that we could contact PZ
Myers and Dawkins on their respective websites directly by email. We did this, though
we were not surprised that there was no takeup by either of this offer. This is
even though we were saying, in effect, “Here’s your chance to publicly
demolish once and for all the best that one of the world’s leading creation
organisations can put up, including the author of the world’s topselling creationist
book”.4
There has been some blog reaction on the Dawkins site, including a bit of puzzlement,
with at least one Dawkins supporter wondering, in effect, “Why not
debate them?”. (Good question, though one with an obvious answer, we think.)
Photo from <http://atheismisdead.blogspot.com>
PZ Myers, a biology professor and virulent anti-Christian. On his popular blog Myers
gave an ‘in your face’ response to CMI-Australia’s debate challenge,
with an image of Christ seemingly calculated to offend. See
scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/12
/a_reply_to_carl_wieland.php (Warning: this link is to a very strongly anti-Christian
site; provided for the spiritually mature for an insight into some of what the western
church faces in today’s world of aggressive evolutionism).
PZ Myers’ “in your face, Christians” response
PZ Myers, however, while not giving the courtesy of a direct reply, did so firmly
and unmistakably on his widely accessed blog. Not surprisingly, it, too, involved
a rejection of the invitation to debate, with all the usual excuses trotted out.
Readers who are not used to some of the anti-Christian vitriol on such sites need
to be warned, but we think seeing the response may be useful for some of you who
may have thought that this issue is primarily about science—it’s not.
That much should be obvious just from the emotionalism of this response alone. There
is a palpable disdain, even hatred, of Christianity and the Bible. Myers concludes
his rejection with a “Here’s my answer to Carl Wieland … ”,
followed by an image which has a common depiction of the Lord Jesus, with the image
of the hand manipulated so as to be giving a rude gesture. For the whole response
by PZ Myers, bearing all the warnings in mind for younger members of the family
in particular, you can see
scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/12/a_reply_to_carl_wieland.php
Our response—a special Melbourne creation event at the same time
On the Sunday afternoon (14 March) of the same weekend, CMI will be holding a multisession
event in the same city (Melbourne)—from 2pm to 7pm, with an optional ‘early
bird’ screening of our Darwin documentary The Voyage That Shook the World
at 1 pm.
It will feature one session each from three of our scientist speakers, followed
by a public panel question/answer time, with ample breaks between sessions. This
will be an opportunity to
- attend and be encouraged
- show by your attendance that not all are intimidated by the ‘rise of atheism”
- bring folk who are being dragged into the abyss of unbelief without ever having
had the opportunity to hear the powerful evidences and arguments that the evidence,
and the science, does support the Bible.
The argument is not (and never has been) about “the facts” relating
to origins, but rather that they are being interpreted within a framework that begins
by rejecting God and His Word.
Admission will be free (voluntary expense offering), to encourage attendance. We
would ask for your help in making this event widely known, particularly by email
forwarding of this article link. People outside Australia can contribute to this
effort, too; not only will the very existence of this public stand be an encouragement
to many around the globe, but you never know how many people will end up also getting
your message through this passing on. And even if only one of these is in a position
to attend the Melbourne creation seminar, it can have a life-changing effect.
For seminar details: see Countering the Rise
of Atheism: the evidence for creation
CONFERENCE EXTRA: We hope to have Dr Jonathan Sarfati’s latest book, being
worked on now, ready to “roll out” at this seminar at the latest. It
is squarely aimed at Dawkins’ latest book (mentioned above) which purports
to kill creation belief once and for all by its presentation of alleged evidence
for evolution. With Dr Dawkins himself “down under”, this
presentation in the same city presents a great opportunity to openly pick up the
gauntlet he has in effect thrown down to Bible-believers.
Below, just for the record, is the correspondence between CMI and the GAC organiser.
ORIGINAL INVITATION/CHALLENGE WAS SENT ON 27 NOVEMBER AS FOLLOWS:
To the Organiser, Global Atheist Convention 2010
Att. Mr David Nicholls
Atheist Foundation of Australia Inc
PMB 6 Maitland SA 5573
Phone 08 8835 2269
Email
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Copy sent by email and hard copy followup by mail.
27 November 2009
Dear Mr Nicholls
Open Invitation to public debate – atheists vs creationists
I refer to the Global Atheist Convention, “The Rise of Atheism”, due
to take place March 12-14 next year in Melbourne, Australia.
From your website, all the speakers appear to have been chosen but not all details
are yet set in stone.
I note that the public utterances of several of the planned speakers, particular
Professor Dawkins, project a supreme confidence that the evidence most certainly
does not support creation as per Genesis (recent creation of groups of fully-formed
organisms, global flood, etc) but that the evidence overwhelmingly supports evolution
(defined as non-living molecules evolving into all life forms, including man, over
millions of years).
We find that a frankly bizarre proposition, and issue this invitation/challenge
to a formal public debate in Melbourne on this matter (i.e. which position on origins,
yours or ours, is better supported by the available evidence?). The exact wording
can be finetuned between us, but the above should adequately clarify the nature
of the subject matter with little room for misunderstanding.
We propose three speakers nominated from your array of atheist champions brought
in for the purpose of this convention, vs three nominated from among our
small group of CMI scientists and speakers. Since Dr Dawkins is by far the most
vocal, this challenge should include him on your side, to “put up or shut
up” in a sense. (Since it is a “panel debate”, i.e. “Atheists
vs Creationists”, not “Dawkins vs X”, this will hopefully be able
to outweigh his normal stated reasons for not participating.)
Our proposed conditions would be as follows:
- That it be public (if a modest fee is charged by mutual agreement, it can be shared
among the participants less hire costs).
- That permission be granted for either side to professionally videotape (or we can
share the costs of doing it jointly) with each side free to use or not use the final
raw footage.
- That a mutually agreed-upon “neutral” chairperson, of good personal
and public reputation, be selected and required to keep the parties, on the day,
strictly to the conditions and times set.
- That the timing and structure be such that there is opportunity for proper rebuttal
by both sides ( /-counterrebuttal and/or a series of audience questions). If a question
time, the questions and answers should be strictly regulated in length, be alternately
addressed to atheists and creationists, and that the opposing group to the answering
group be permitted a (shorter) response time in each case.
Given that you have some of the world’s leading lights of atheism in one place,
and that we are prepared to come down there (at a date and time of your/their convenience
around the time of the conference), I would have thought that this would be an opportunity
to relish. You have the chance (if your arguments really do stand up, as they are
continually promoted) to be able to finally demolish some of the world’s most
prominent proponents of scientific creationism in one sitting, and in public. Plus
you could forever have the rights to market or otherwise distribute this “demolition”
on DVD anywhere in the world.
Of course, it is possible that those are right who say that while Dr Dawkins and
others have no difficulty countering “strawman” arguments of their own
making, encountering the actual arguments of informed and scientifically trained
creationists is something they would have no stomach for.
I hope that this turns out to be wrong, and if accepting, I would welcome being
able to move forward on discussing the few remaining details. I look forward to
your reply at your early convenience.
Sincerely,
Dr Carl Wieland
Managing Director
Creation Ministries International (Australia)
THE SAME DAY A RESPONSE CAME FROM DAVID NICHOLLS BY EMAIL:
Hello Carl,
Thanks for your email. We expect Richard Dawkins and other credible scientists would
consider debating a position that is supported by an equal amount of evidence in
accredited scientific literature as supports evolution. However, at present, that
is not even close to being the case for creationism. In any event, it is the Convention’s
policy to not arrange interviews or debate with any of the presenters, as the FAQ
page of the Convention website states. If you wish to contact Professor Dawkins
or other presenters directly, of course you may do so.
Kindest regards,
David
David Nicholls
President
Atheist Foundation of Australia Inc
CARL WIELAND REPLIED THE SAME DAY:
Hi, David.
Thanks very much for the superquick response.
I note, however, that there is no mention of debates in the FAQ section you mentioned,
reproduced below.
Item 8 comes the closest to being relevant, where it states:
“Any requests for interviews should be sent directly to the presenter or their
agent.”
I would have thought that our invitation/challenge, being a group affair, was in
a different category altogether. Especially since point 1 in the FAQ section states:
"The program has not yet been finalised".
Given the importance of the issue, and the amount of time and effort spent by atheist
groups worldwide on "countering" creationism, including the recent publication of
Dr Dawkins’ book on the evidence for evolution, it seems somewhat strange
for you as organiser to sidestep the opportunity without even giving the presenters
a chance to consider the request. If you would be so kind as to either
a) Provide the email contact details for each so we might forward the invitation
to each simultaneously, or
b) Undertake to do so on our behalf forthwith, so that they might make a group decision
on this group invitation, we would be grateful.
Incidentally, concerning your comment about the lack of scientific evidence for
creation (as opposed to the question of whether such evidence is permitted an airing
in secular scientific journals)–that is surely the very point at issue. If
there is this paucity of evidence, then such a debate would enable you to successfully
highlight and reinforce that. And you would be doing so in front of large numbers
of onlookers, as there would be huge interest in creationist circles in the US,
for instance, in this age of the internet.
Polls consistently suggest that perhaps over 100 million individuals in the US,
for instance, reject goo-to-you evolution in favour of divine creation. Unless one
chooses to accept the convenient caricature that these are all semi-retarded rednecks,
a major reason is surely that their perception about the evidence influences
that view, at least to some extent. I would have thought that this would be a priority
for your group, given that atheist-allied groups continually raise alarmist calls
about these sorts of figures.
In short, if the evidence really does line up behind your macroevolutionary view
(as is so often claimed when there is no one there to point out the contrary), here’s
an amazing, unique opportunity. You would be bringing some of the best atheist minds
in the world to bear on the topic, and your opponents would be folk belonging to
an organisation which has
a) Had more people read its magazines on creation over the last 3 decades, over
a greater number of countries, than any other worldwide.
b) Includes the author of the world’s top-selling book on the evidence that
counters evolution and supports biblical creation (well over 500,000 in print).
By discrediting publicly this group’s claim that the evidence supports biblical
creation, you would have a chance to finally convince huge numbers of those who
currently doubt your claim to the reverse. In fact, we would be pleased to have
our Australian Broadcasting Corporation agree to film and televise the entire session
live.
I look forward to your reply, once again.
Yours sincerely,
Carl
Dr Carl Wieland
(SCROLL PAST THIS TEXT AS DESIRED, ONLY PROVIDED FOR COMPLETENESS)
1. What time does the Global Atheist Convention start on Friday night?
The program has not yet been finalised, but we envisage attendee registration will
commence around 6.00pm on Friday 12 March 2010. We encourage all attendees to allow
plenty of time to register to help us run everything smoothly. Attendees will be
provided with further details closer to the date of the Convention.
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2. I’ve bought a ticket, but how do I get my Pass to the Global Atheist
Convention?
Attendees will need to register at the Global Atheist Convention, either on Friday
night (for Gold or Full Weekend Pass holders) or Sunday morning (for Sunday-Only
Pass holders). Attendees should bring a copy of their email Order Confirmation for
Global Atheist Convention to assist the registration process. Attendees who have
purchased a Concession Pass (either Weekend or Sunday-Only) must bring proof of
their entitlement to a concession ticket, otherwise they will be required to pay
the difference between the concession rate and the full rate prior to receipt of
their Pass.
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3. When is registration for Sunday-Only Pass holders?
The program has not yet been finalised, but we envisage attendee registration will
commence around 8.00am on Sunday 14 March 2010. We encourage all attendees to allow
plenty of time to register to help us run everything smoothly. Attendees will be
provided with further details closer to the date of the Convention.
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4. When will the full program be available?
Additional details are being added to the indicative program on the Convention website
as they become available. The full program will be available shortly before the
Convention dates.
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5. Can I get a reduced ticket price if I provide my own catering?
No, all ticket prices include catering on the relevant day(s). Because of the large
number of presenters, the break times need to be run efficiently and it would not
be practical for attendees to seek food & beverages outside the Melbourne Convention
and Exhibition Centre during the break times. In addition, given the number of attendees
and the planned location of the catering, it is not practical for us to distinguish
between those who have paid for catering and those who have not.
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6. How does seating work for the Saturday dinner? Can I nominate to sit with
certain people at the Saturday dinner?
Seating will be allocated for the Saturday dinner on tables of approximately 8–10
people. Prior to the Convention, people who have purchased a Saturday night dinner
ticket will be emailed and asked if they have any requests regarding seating allocations.
People who wish to sit together should respond with their request, including ALL
email Order Confirmations for the relevant people. Please note that the maximum
table size available is 10.
Note that only requests that include Order Confirmations from ALL people noted in
the request will be considered.
If you have not already purchased Saturday Dinner Passes and you have a group that
wishes to sit together please purchase your tickets as a group in one booking (note
the maximum table size of 10) as that will facilitate a collective seating allocation.
While we will endeavour to satisfy all valid requests we cannot guarantee any particular
seating allocation will be made.
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7. Will all the presenters from the Convention be attending the Saturday night
dinner?
All presenters have been invited to the Saturday night dinner. We expect to confirm
their attendance closer to the convention date, however, cannot guarantee the attendance
of any particular presenter.
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8. I have a TV/radio/podcasting show, am I able to request an interview with
the presenters?
Please note that the presenters are volunteering their time to present at the Convention.
Any requests for interviews should be sent directly to the presenter or their agent.
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9. Can the Atheist Foundation of Australia help me get my Australian visa to
attend the Convention?
If required for visa purposes, once you have purchased a ticket for the Global Atheist
Convention, the Atheist Foundation of Australia would be pleased to provide a letter
that confirms your ticket purchase and invites you to attend the Convention. Attendees
should investigate whether or not they require a visa to visit Australia, the visa
application process and timing well ahead of the Convention.
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10. Can I bring a camera / take photos at the Global Atheist Convention?
You may bring a camera to the Global Atheist Convention and take photos.
However, please be considerate and do not take photos with a flash while any presenter
is speaking, as it can be very distracting for the presenter and the audience. If
any presenter requests no photography at all during their presentation the MC will
announce that prior to the presentation, and we ask attendees to respect the presenter’s
wishes.
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DAVID’S RESPONSE SAME DAY:
Hello Carl,
The Global Atheist Convention has increased our workload manyfold. If we leave emails
for too long they build up in their hundreds, therefore I will respond quickly when
there is a reason to do so.
I thought I made it very clear that if you wish to debate any of our guests, then
you will have to organise it yourself. We do not impart private information about
speakers or performers. Our exact program is not finalised but we have a full compliment
of speakers and performers.
If you skirt the question about accredited articles, then it is no wonder you are
having trouble finding people to debate. Debate is not science, it is playing upon
the prejudices of the audience. Scientific conclusion is about peer reviewing work
from accredited scientific journals. I really can’t see Professor Richard
Dawkins, PZ Myers or any real scientist taking seriously or bothering to debate
about alien abductions even though millions believe it to be true. There are just
no credible studies on this as there are no credible scientific studies that support
creationism.
Kindest regards,
David
David Nicholls
President AFA
CARL’S SAME DAY:
Hi again, David.
Thanks once again for your response.
Organising the debate is not a problem, we’re happy to be of whatever assistance
you need for that.
I can understand why you would want to skirt around any appearance of declining
a debate, but I gently suggest that it’s not a "good look" for you to be acting
as "gatekeeper" so as to either
a) prevent the presenters from finding out about the invitation
or (perish the thought)
b) seeming to do so, in order to provide a way for presenters to be able to position
themselves as if they knew nothing of it, or at least not in time (when asked the
inevitable question as to why they would refuse such a golden opportunity).
These delegates, positioned as representing the cream of global atheism, always
have the prerogative of refusal. And I can understand not providing contact addresses.
That’s why I gave the other option, of you forwarding my email to them.
May I therefore ask for a response to that part of my request, please, to undertake
to forward that email to them?
I’m sure they would find it of at least passing interest, even if unwilling
to take the risk of a public debate loss. And in their shoes, I would probably appreciate
the right to make the decision myself, in any case.
Sincerely,
Carl
Dr Carl Wieland
DAVID’S SAME DAY:
Hello Carl,
You seem to have purposely missed the point. The people we have speaking at the
Global Atheist Convention would not debate with those promoting the idea of alien
abduction as there is no accredited credible evidence for it. The same is true of
creationism. We therefore would not send an invitation from either group to our
honoured guests for a debate because of that.
You must realise, Carl, that both Professor Dawkins and PZ Myers have web sites
where you can contact them directly. We will not facilitate an invitation we consider
to have no legitimate basis in rational thought.
If you cannot understand what I am saying, I will use simpler language next time.
Kindest regards,
David
David Nicholls
President AFA
(SHORTLY AFTER THIS, AS EXPLAINED EARLIER IN THIS ITEM, CMI SENT EMAILS TO
RICHARD DAWKINS AND PZ MYERS VIA THEIR RESPECTIVE SITES ALERTING THEM TO THE INVITATION,
WITH THE RESULTS AS ALREADY INDICATED.)
Readers’ comments [Other readers’ comments, of which there were many,
were compiled into our Weekend Web Feedback article
Polarized reaction to atheists refusal to debate CMI.]
Carol J., Australia, 9 March 2010
Thank you Creation Ministries team for supplying education for those who are searching,
and those who have a love for the truth, in Melbourne during the forthcoming Global
Atheist Conference on 12-14th March.
I was impressed in the DVD of Dr Carl Wieland taking on the Great Debate, with a
leading skeptic. It was wonderful to witness Dr Carl Wieland speaking so graciously,
as he kindly and gently stuck to the point in a very scientific way providing many
convincing proofs. His opponent, not being able to refute his arguments, starting
attacking Dr Carl’s person. This was made very clearly evident, and pointed
to the truths contained in 2 Cor:10:4.
Won’t it be great, when we all come together in unity and in the power of
His great love, as a church and His great power is demonstrated in signs, wonders
and miracles, following the proclamation of His Word? This would sure stop any need
for debate, people wouldn’t even bother going in to hear any debate on whether
God exists, as they could taste and see clearly His Goodness demonstrated with their
own eyes!!
In the meantime … keep up the good work, CMI !!!
Editor’s note: The debate DVD to which Carol refers is a
2003 recording of what was billed in advance as “The Great Genesis Debate”
between CMI’s Carl Wieland and evolutionist and Australian Skeptic of the
Year Paul Willis,
which can be freely viewed on Youtube. (The DVD of the debate is no longer
marketed, but copies are often used as giveaway incentives in various promotions,
e.g. 3-year magazine subscriptions in certain circumstances.
Contact your local CMI office as required.)
Allan M, United Kingdom, 4 July 2010
Re your comments on Peter Singer’s ‘pro-animal : anti-human’ paradigm,
this is nothing new.
This is very much in accord with the opinions of Margaret Sanger, a good friend
of Adolf Hitler and founder of America’s pro-abortion ‘Planned Parenthood’
organisation.
She said: “The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its
infant members is to kill it.”
She thought black people were an inferior race who should be eradicated, and once
called them: “Human weeds, reckless breeders…spawning human beings
who should never have been born.”
In 1939 Sangster began the ‘Negro Project’-to sterilize America’s
black population.
She also had an affair with Dr Havelock Ellis, whom she subsequently married who
believed that no-one should receive state aid or benefit who had not first been
sterilized.
And Princeton Professor Peter Singer is probably most famous for his remark:
“It must be admitted that these arguments [pro-abortion] apply to a new born
baby as much as to the fetus…If we can put aside the emotionally moving but
strictly irrelevant aspects of the killing of a baby, we can see that the grounds
for not killing persons do not apply to newborn infants.”
Singer [a passionate evolutionist and atheist—Ed] also believes in ‘baby
farming’-breeding children to kill them and harvest their body parts.
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Further reading
References
- Co-presented by the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the
Atheist Alliance International. For convention details and a full list of presenters
see http://www.atheistconvention.org.au/
Return to text.
- Along with some “homegrown” Australian atheists,
including the militant journalist Phillip Adams;
the former party leader of the now-defunct Australian Democrats, Lynn Allison; and
the notoriously
anti-creationist ABC science presenter Robyn Williams. Return
to text.
- Had it been some less experienced “easy meat”
creationist(s) making the challenge, we wonder whether the outcome would have been
the same. Return to text.
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Refuting Evolution, by Dr Jonathan Sarfati, with over 500,000 in print.
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