The unfortunate thing about these sorts of videos is that creationists hear this and think she won. And they think she won against the cream of the atheist crop, Dr. Richard Dawkins no less.
For one, they value different sorts of arguments; heuristics mostly, which her statements were full of. And second, all she has to do is ask one unanswerable question (like: prove that God doesn't exist, and the like) and they have an instant soundbite that plays well to their audience.
So they get all that, and we only manage to prove that creationists fall prey to their own wishful assumptions. Which we already knew.
So I, for one, think this was a waste of time.
For one, they value different sorts of arguments; heuristics mostly, which her statements were full of. And second, all she has to do is ask one unanswerable question (like: prove that God doesn't exist, and the like) and they have an instant soundbite that plays well to their audience.
So they get all that, and we only manage to prove that creationists fall prey to their own wishful assumptions. Which we already knew.
So I, for one, think this was a waste of time.
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