Thread:TheSquidychicken/@comment-31308946-20170525193032/@comment-31308946-20170530205255

1 Arbitrariness

To be arbitrary is to not have a good reason for something. Little children are often arbitrary. They may believe something is under their bed, or their closet even though they have no good reason for the belief. As we grow up however, we are expected to become rational. The entire point of a logical debate is to provide the opponent (or audience) with good reasons for a position and good reasons to reject the opposing position. However to be arbitrary is to not give a reason at all; it is the abandonment of rationality.

Ironically the best way to refute an arbitrary claim is with another arbitrary claim. Whenever anyone makes a claim that is arbitrary, I can always simply arbitrarily assert the exact opposite (If its okay for my critic to be arbitrary, than why cant I? fair is fair after all) If a person does not back up his claim with some kind of rational justification, then there is no reason for me to accept his claim. Arbitrary claims are not arguments at all, and there is no logical reason to take them seriously.

(see my last comment)

Although some evolutionists have been known to not have a rational explanation for why they choose to interpret the evidence the way man says it, the biblical creationist has good reasons for what he or she believes. The creationist takes the Bible for what it claims to be (the special revelation of God) and notices how the universe makes sense when interpreted throught ht elight of biblical historyy. He notes that even secular archeologists have acknowledged (to a great extent) the fact that the Bible is historically accurate-- just one of the many confirmations of the Bibles reliability.

2 Inconsistancy

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