Here is his...well...his...rhetoric?...his rant? Gillihan said at the Flyer...
>CHG, TN 9/26/2008 - 9:09pm In the editorial, ‘The Rant’ by Tim Sampson, I have a few comments. Let me first state that I will probably vote for neither media-biased candidate. In his critique of Sarah Palin, he first assumes that global warming is a valid hypothesis, whereas, many scientists disagree. He also assumes it is morally wrong to have hunting trophies. Given Sampson’s worldview of anti-Theism, what moral law does this come from? Given his presuppositions of evolution and survival of the fittest, why not shoot a polar bear in which he criticizes her hunting activities? He uses an ad hominem by calling her ‘white trash’, but would cringe if one would call him names instead of attacking his articles. But hey, there is no Creator according to him, so no absolutes to judge us. He then calls her ‘pro- rape’ or rejecting pork barrel spending for rape education and care. This is a state issue, not one in the Constitution for the Feds. How about that tenth amendment? Lastly, he calls creationists anti- science, untraveled, uninformed and pro-rape. First off, this is a composition fallacy; the system of creationism is not defined by the actions of its adherents. He begs the question with his religion of evolution. He assumes a creationist is uninformed. What presuppositions determine who or who is not informed? I assume he means materialistic atheism through empiricism as the form of ultimate knowing. This is an inductive fallacy, as philosopher Hume wrote. Since he calls her, ‘gun-totin’, good luck protecting the family with a kitchen fork and spoon! He assumes that her lack of foreign travel equals poor ability to deal with world leaders. Pragmatic experience is faulty if the consequences are disastrous. In comparison, why didn’t he mention Obama’s total lack of foreign experience? One is going to be president right off the bat if the Democrats win, the other is only a possible president. This is quite an assumption on his part. Given that McCain’s mother is in her mid-90s and looking healthy, John may live a very long time. Charles Gillihan 2534 Tickle Drive Bartlett, TN 38134 901-201-9988 Report this comment<<<<<<< stemcell On Sep 27, 5:28 pm, BC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, Sir Gillihan still spews his ID nonsense/pseudo-logic over at the > Flyer's site (as > CHG):http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/Content?oid=oid%3A49429 > -BC- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
