(November 28, 2015 at 2:59 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:(November 28, 2015 at 1:21 pm)Brian37 Wrote: YES it is, put a Ben Carson in the White House, he'd put evolution and climate change deniers in control of funding of science, education and on the Supreme Court.
It most certainly is worth the effort.
The only time any attention should be paid to evolution deniers is when they are actively trying to do something like influence a school board or any other kind of public policy. Even then, it is their action which should be opposed - there is no need to address their argument.
Arguing with somebody who is denying facts gives that person attention they don't deserve. Arguing with them validates that they have something worth arguing about when they do not. Evolution is not an opinion; it is fact. The question was settled long ago and that's the message we need to put out. There's nothing to debate. It's been settled.
That sounds nice, but those people who hold those offices would not be their if there was no support to put them in those positions. Not saying you will convert anyone, but a public argument will get lots of people to think about it and what they want. Liberal theists and theists who accept education and evolution need to see what they are dealing with.