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In reply to the discussion: My Son Needs Some Help. Anti-Evolution Speaker Coming to His School [View all]renie408
(9,854 posts)Thing is, they will just say that god gave us the pelvic and back structures we have to give us back trouble as a trial to teach us...whatever it is he gives us troubles to teach us. And that appendices are present in our bodies for the same reason. And that we have blind spots...for the same reason.
I do get that the problem with arguing with people who are basing their entire premise on the illogical is that they do not have to employ any logic in its defense. That doesn't mean that to me, or my son, that the argument should just be avoided. The people who say that he shouldn't even ask tough questions totally baffle me. Sometimes silence is the same thing as agreement. So, he is going to go fight the good fight and ask some questions. I am sure the speaker will have heard them all before and will have some whacked out, sophist responses that sound just smart enough to fool those inclined to be fooled. But that doesn't mean that the questions should remain unasked.