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You know the old adage of - write about what you know?
People who use fanfic as a platform to render some half-baked, one-sided version of the Evolution-ID-Creation debate annoy me so much, especially when it's obvious that they have no idea what they're talking about. Evolution doesn't equate with the Grand Theory of Evolution. (That's like saying an electrical circuit is the same thing as a computer.) Intelligent Design isn't the same as Creationism. Creationism and the GTE are both theories, both of which have scientific evidence in their favour (or disfavour). The question isn't then, philosophy vs science, but evidence vs evidence.
And fanfic isn't your platform to advance your agenda. And it really doesn't make you look smart. No, really.
Same rant goes for every other debate, but this one has the biggest tendency to tick me off, because of its amazing tendency to get so incredibly myopic, which is an absolute insult to advocates on every side of the debate. In its basest form, it's knocking Evolutionists for claiming that we're descended from apes, knocking IDs for being fluffy indecisive people who can't make up their minds, and knocking Creationists for being religious fanatics living in the dark ages and propagating myths. The worst part is, people seem to think that this shallowness is completely acceptable.
In other news, my physical and mental health have improved dramatically after three weeks of the new posting, enough to make me realise what a truly horrific amount of stress I was putting myself through over the past two years. Should have seen the signs, really. I mean, by the end of it even my digestive system had shut down and I was on one meal a day. And thinking it was normal.
People who use fanfic as a platform to render some half-baked, one-sided version of the Evolution-ID-Creation debate annoy me so much, especially when it's obvious that they have no idea what they're talking about. Evolution doesn't equate with the Grand Theory of Evolution. (That's like saying an electrical circuit is the same thing as a computer.) Intelligent Design isn't the same as Creationism. Creationism and the GTE are both theories, both of which have scientific evidence in their favour (or disfavour). The question isn't then, philosophy vs science, but evidence vs evidence.
And fanfic isn't your platform to advance your agenda. And it really doesn't make you look smart. No, really.
Same rant goes for every other debate, but this one has the biggest tendency to tick me off, because of its amazing tendency to get so incredibly myopic, which is an absolute insult to advocates on every side of the debate. In its basest form, it's knocking Evolutionists for claiming that we're descended from apes, knocking IDs for being fluffy indecisive people who can't make up their minds, and knocking Creationists for being religious fanatics living in the dark ages and propagating myths. The worst part is, people seem to think that this shallowness is completely acceptable.
In other news, my physical and mental health have improved dramatically after three weeks of the new posting, enough to make me realise what a truly horrific amount of stress I was putting myself through over the past two years. Should have seen the signs, really. I mean, by the end of it even my digestive system had shut down and I was on one meal a day. And thinking it was normal.
