Comments on: Bill O’Reilly is an abject coward http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/23/bill-oreilly-is-an-abject-coward/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:59:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/23/bill-oreilly-is-an-abject-coward/#comment-11929 Ben Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:40:36 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1249#comment-11929 Dan, others, you might appreciate Jason Rosenhouse's well-documented experiences at a recent creationist rally. http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2007/03/darwin_and_design_in_knoxville_1.php http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2007/03/darwin_and_design_in_knoxville_3.php Dan, others, you might appreciate Jason Rosenhouse’s well-documented experiences at a recent creationist rally.

http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2007/03/darwin_and_design_in_knoxville_1.php

http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2007/03/darwin_and_design_in_knoxville_3.php

]]> By: seek http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/23/bill-oreilly-is-an-abject-coward/#comment-11927 seek Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:20:41 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1249#comment-11927 Dawkins had enough time to make better points than O'Douche- what more could you ask for? By your description, I was expecting a typical Factor yelling fest, but this was actually pretty civil. Thanks for posting the vid btw- I heard Dawkins was gonna be on there, but just can't bring myself to watch that show x.x Dawkins had enough time to make better points than O’Douche- what more could you ask for? By your description, I was expecting a typical Factor yelling fest, but this was actually pretty civil. Thanks for posting the vid btw- I heard Dawkins was gonna be on there, but just can’t bring myself to watch that show x.x

]]> By: Dan Klarmann http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/23/bill-oreilly-is-an-abject-coward/#comment-11925 Dan Klarmann Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:30:12 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1249#comment-11925 Most experts warn against accepting public debates between reason and faith. The faithful can give a pithy, feel-good argument that resonates with an audience in seconds, but reasoners need to educate the audience up to the level of understanding the rebuttal each and every time. It can take hours to build the foundation to effectively refute a brief creationist argument. Talk show and debate formats allow (at best) equal short times. <a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/debate-rob-day.html" title="An Account of a Debate with a Creationist" rel="nofollow">Here is one account<a/> of how these usually go. Most experts warn against accepting public debates between reason and faith.
The faithful can give a pithy, feel-good argument that resonates with an audience in seconds, but reasoners need to educate the audience up to the level of understanding the rebuttal each and every time. It can take hours to build the foundation to effectively refute a brief creationist argument. Talk show and debate formats allow (at best) equal short times.

Here is one account of how these usually go.

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