Critical Analysis of Way of the Master's Evolution

Video Title :	Critical Analysis of Way of the Master's Evolution
Description :	A critical analysis of the anti-evolution claims made by Way of the Master's Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort. Their arguments are supported by a mix of logical fallacies, outright falsehoods, and a complete lack of knowledge concerning evolutionary biology. 1) Way of the Master. About Us. Accessed 20 May 2007. http://www.wayofthemaster.com/about_wotm.shtml/ 2) Ewald, D. 2003. The Rebirth of Kirk Cameron. Today's Christian. 41(2):20. 3) Bashir, M. ABC News: Kirk Cameron vs. Atheists. Accessed 20 May 2007. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3148940. 4) Comfort, R. Ray Comfort's BIO Page. Accessed 20 May 2007. http://www.livingwaters.com/bio/index.shtml. 5) Harrison, ER. 2000. Cosmology: The science of the universe. Cambridge University Press. 6) Harre, R. 1972. The Philosophies of Science: An Introductory Survey. Oxford University Press. 7) Freeman, S and JC Herron. 2006. Evolutionary Analysis, 4th ed. Benjamin Cummings. 8) Tian, F, OB Toon, AA Pavlov, and H De Sterck. 2005. A hydrogen-rich early Earth atmosphere. Science. 308:1014-1017. 9) Schlesinger, G and SL Miller. 1983. Prebiotic synthesis in atmospheres containing CH4, CO, and CO2. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 19(5):376-382. 10) Copley, J. 2001. The story of O. Nature. 410:862-864. 11) Turner, G. 1981. The development of the atmosphere. In: Evolving Earth, ed. LRM Cocks. British Museum. 12) Coates, MI and JA Clack. 1991. Fish-like gills and breathing in the earliest known tetrapod. Nature. 352:234-236. 13) Shultze, HP and J Chom. 1997. The Permo-Herbivorous genus Sagenodus and the beginning of modern lungfish. Contributions to Zoology. 61(7):9-70. 14) Newman, LJ and LRG Cannon. 2003. Marine Flatworms: The World of Polyclads. CSIRO Publishing. 15) Godfrey, LR. 1983. Creationism and gaps in the fossil record. In: Scientists Confront Creationism, ed. LR Godfrey. W.W. Norton. 16) Briggs, DEG, ENK Clarkson, and RJ Aldridge. 1983. The conodont animal. Lethaia. 16:1-14. 17) Luo, ZX, AW Crompton, and AL Sun. 2001. A New mammaliaform from the Early Jurassic and evolution of mammalian characteristics. Science 292:1535-1540. 18) Sereno, PC and C Rao. 1992. Early evolution of the avian flight and perching: New evidence from the Lower Creates of China. Science. 255:845-848. 19) Johanson, DC and MA Edey. 1981. Lucy: the beginnings of humankind. Simon and Schister. 20) Smith GE. 1922. Hesperopithecus: the ape-man of the western world. Illustrated London News. 160:942-944. 21) Wolf, J and JS Mellett. 1985. The role of "Nebraska man" in the creation-evolution debate. Creation/Evolution. 16:31-43. 22) Smith, GE. 1927. The evolution of man, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 23) Weldenreich, F. 1946. Apes, Giants, and Men. University of Chicago Press. 24) Weiner, JS. 1955. The Piltdown Forgery. Oxford University Press. 25) Trinkaus, E and P Shipman. 1992. the neandertals: changing the image of mankind. Alfred E Knopf. 26) Straus, WL and AJE Cave. 1957. PAthology and the posture of Neanderthal man. Quarterly Review of Biology. 32(4):384-363. 27) Serre, D, A Langaney, M Chech, M Teschler-Nicola, M Paunovic, and P Mennecler. 2004. No evidence of Neandetal mtDNA contribution to early modern humans. PLoS Biology. 2:313-317. 28) Eldredge, N and SJ Gould. 1972. Punctuated equilibrium: An alternative to phyletic gradualism. In: Models In Paleobiology, ed. TJM Schopf. Freeman, Cooper & Co. 29) Gould, SJ. 1994. Hooking Leviathan by its past. Natural History. 103(May):8-15. 30) Clark, RW. 1985. The Life of Ernst Chain: Penicillin and Beyond. Weldenfeld & Nicolson. 31) Poole, AM, DC Jeffares, and D Penny. 1998. The path from the RNA world. Journalof Molecular Evolution. 46:1-17. 32) Chapman, G, J Cleese, T Gilliam, E Idle, T Jones, M Palin, and B McCable. 2003. The Pythons Autobiography by the Pythons. Orion Publishing Group.
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Keywords, Tags :	Evolution Creationism Ray Comfort Kirk Cameron Way of the Mast WotM
Video Length :	43 : 7

Comments :

he did better acting on Growing Pains

way of the master's anti-evolution videos are full of facepalm fail

A great analytical devastion of creationist rhetoric! Well done.

This video kicks ass, it's exactly what I wanted someone to say when I watched it, and then some. Subscribed.

"Live today, burn tomorrow!" Oh noes, we're so scaredz of imaginary unfun place. Do you really think that such pedantic intimidation tactics are going to impress anyone? "(if you dont die today hahaha)" You really are a pathetic little worm to wish ill upon others. "Evolution the biggest hoax ever!" We're sure you have evidence to support such a claim. Show it.

ExtraDodo, I didnt say that I wished you there. But you will obviously be there. little worm? thats cute. How much of this did you learn (or copy) from a book? Did you go out with a pick axe and discover all of this on your own or are you putting your faith into books oher men have written? Kinda funny that according to your religion (atheism) the bible couldnt be right because it was "written by men"..yet you preach from a science book dreamed up by man. hmmm.

"ExtraDodo, I didnt say that I wished you there." You exact words were: "Live today, burn tomorrow!(if you dont die today hahaha)." You are pathetic and dishonest excuse for a person. Other creationists should be ashamed knowing that you are counted among them. "But you will obviously be there." Isn't putting yourself in your deity's role of judgment rather blasphemous according to your religion?

"little worm? thats cute." Actually, it conveys how pathetic you are for gleefully wishing ill upon others that you have never met. "How much of this did you learn (or copy) from a book?" Are you actually making a charge of plagiarism? All of our sources are quite clearly stated at the conclusion of the video as well as in the video description. It is a shame that our simple end-noting system appears to be far to complicated for you to comprehend.

"Did you go out with a pick axe and discover all of this on your own or are you putting your faith into books oher men have written?" Why would we have to collect the fossils again? They are readily available for examination. DNA and amino acid sequences are readily available from public databases. Have you crafted your own circuit board for the computer you are using, or do you rely on the obviously functioning one? Why then must we re-discover fossils when they are quite clearly available now?

"Kinda funny that according to your religion (atheism) the bible couldnt be right because it was "written by men"" This is a non sequitur and a straw man argument. The Bible is historically and scientifically inaccurate because it is rife with factual errors. You were asked to present the evidence that supported your claim that "evolution is the biggest hoax ever." Your religious text of choice was not even mention as it is utterly inconsequential. Crawl back under the rock from whence you came.