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Rezwan wrote: Did he actually say this? Where?

The thread you linked to.

Brian H wrote: [‘Terminal Confinement Homes For Disgraced Climatologists’] where frequent unannounced fire and Carbon Monoxide evacuations will be called to keep them excited and interested (not all drills; a certain minimum fatality rate to be ensured to sustain realism.)

He clarified above that humor was not the purpose of that post.

Rezwan wrote: I think that, if properly moderated, a conversation between creationists and natural selectionists can be very illuminating. As can conversations between any apparently polarized factions. Illuminating about much more than the topic itself.

I agree, and don’t have a problem with it either. I sincerely like having a discussion with an intelligent, knowledgeable climatology dismisser. Unfortunately, they all seem to degrade into vast conspiracy notions and/or sophistic cherry-picking being presented in rebuttal of the available scientific research. A sparse few times I have found people who are actually willing to discuss this issue. Even more rare is when they are willing to put aside their preconceived notions when their questions are answered, rather than asking the same questions repeatedly in defense of their beliefs.

In my opinion, discussing the age of the planet with a young earth creationist is equivalent to discussing climatology with somebody who seriously uses the phrase “Gore Bull Warming”.