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Originally Posted by MattyC
I personally just don't understand the idea of it being a "shot" and young earthers. there should be "shots" at these people. Someone needs to shock everyone into reality. They are wrong. There is no debate on that at all. And I don't think we need to try and be sensitive to people who actively preach inaccuracies. They need to be told that they are wrong. And above that, they need to be told what we actually do know to this point.
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While I agree with your sentiment I don't thing arguing against them is the best aproach especially when you are trying to educate the masses.
It is a shot against their belief directly because it is brought up as 6500 years of star light. It is a direct refutation of their belief. What it also does is present the 6500 year old universe as an alternative to whats being presented here. Then the show goes on and states a bunch of crazy stuff about how black holes work. It leaves a choice, you can believe in one crazy idea backed by old books or you can believe in another crazy idea backed by scientific research. The marketing problem is that both are crazy.
So engaging in refutation I think presents a false choice. There is no choice of what to believe in science. You test hypothesis until they are proven wrong. Whats left is the current state of universe. I would have much perferred him just leaving out the 6500 years of light.