Timothy Stanley

App for Debate?

July 3, 2010 timothywstanley@me.com

In a dozen new phone applications, whether faith-based or faith-bashing, the prospective debater is given a primer on the basic rules of engagement — how to parry the circular argument, the false dichotomy, the ad hominem attack, the straw man — and then coached on all the likely flashpoints of contention. Why Darwinism is scientifically sound, or not. The differences between intelligent design and creationism, and whether either theory has any merit. The proof that America was, or was not, founded on Christian principles.

Tired of thinking for yourself? There's an app for that: http://nyti.ms/aqNHXp

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