Satire warning.
The evidence is stacked against you and there is no reason anyone would want to take this position except for unsubstantiated religious reasons. But fear not, with this handy dandy guide, you the obvious underdog, can soon win the debates.
1)Be reluctant to answer direct questions. When you are asked something and the answer poses a real threat to your credibility or position, misdirect or refuse to answer.After all this isn't about getting to truth, this is about your ideas prevailing.
2)Post a lot of really long articles that are written by fellow creationists.It doesn't really matter if there are any facts in them or not.If someone challenges them, just press on as if nothing ever happened and avoid speaking to their points.What took them an hour to tear down only took you two minutes to pull off your favorite creationist website.You can fatigue them into submission.
3)Censor anything you possibly can from the opposing side.It really doesn't matter what it says, if you can get it fit the completely wide open definitions of offensive and trolling laid out in the TOU, go for it.One thing that may be to your benefit here is that many of the gamespot moderators are here primarily for gaming purposes.If you get lucky enough to get one of these guys to read your complaint it is a sure fire in because not only do they know nothing contextually of the argument, everything that has anything to do with religion can be seen as offensive somehow.Partly you do this to remove things that you don't like and don't want others to have the freedom to say, but you do this partly to piss off your opposition and then you don't have to deal with him/her pummeling you with logic and evidence.
4)Complain about formatting whenever possible.Gamespot forum is not very user friendly at times and when responding to multiple points in one long post it is easy for it to lock up.If your opponent tries to deviate from the exact method of quoting that you think he should use, complain and refuse to address ideas in that format and it effectively destroys their entire argument and all the time they put into it.
5)Keep little safe havens where people can't rebut your positions.You are going to be dodging a lot of information out on the public sphere, so you will need a place to regroup and spread propaganda where you know everyone will accept it. Consider it your hospital and ammunition room all in one.
By following these five basic steps you are guaranteed to come out on top in this debate that anyone would have surely thought you had no chance of winning.Throw your hands up, give your buddy and cyber hi five and enjoy and nice tall glass of milk.You earned it pal.
Sitri_
:lol: Thanks Sitri, you made my night.
You forgot these though:
6) Continually quote the Bible to support your points, repeat as is deemed necessary. Keep in mind that the same quotes can be used to refute a number of different arguments. Also, know that the more times you quote scripture, the more convincing it becomes. Non-believers will become believers eventually if quotes from the Holy book are constantly and consistently thrown at them, even though they are coming from something they don't believe in in the first place. Make sure to link the quotes to Biblical sites at the end to lend credibility.
7) If you find yourself backed into a corner, be assured that claiming "we can't and don't fully understand how God works or why he does what he does" will effectively nullify their points while in turn allowing you to dodge, regroup, and redirect. This also has the added benefit of leaving the other poster with no other viable path for further debate on the subject, as you have now brought the argument into uncertain territory.
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