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Recall the series of threads that was sparked by this comment by a Darwinist:

if you have 500 flips of a fair coin that all come up heads, given your qualification (“fair coin”), that is outcome is perfectly consistent with fair
coins,

a 22 sigma event is consistent with fair coins

which was another example of SSDD where I asked a Darwinist if a space shuttle is an example of intelligent design, and he said, “No!”.

Barry highlighted some other comments in the wake of their fiascos:

Jerad’s DDS causes him to succumb to miller’s mendacity

and

Jerad and Neil Ricker Double Down.

In their determination to disagree with IDists on every point, even basic questions, they end up saying stupid things, and after saying them, they say even stupider things to save face.

Here is the latest. In a discussion about the work of Paul Giem, a Darwin defender chimes in and says if the Sun weren’t present:

Earth will revolve around Venus

Earth will become Venus’s satellite

Comment 479832, Saluting Dr. Paul Giem

All the Darwinsits at UD were unwilling to correct this error in basic science. Why is that? I’m now giving them the chance to do so.

Here are some facts, Earth has more mass than Venus:

Venus compared to Earth

Mass of Earth: 5.9736×10^24kg
Mass of Venus: 4.868 x10^24 kg

In a 2-body system, the more massive body will not orbit the less massive body. We don’t say the massive Earth will orbit the less massive satellite!

Will any Darwinists come forward and dispute one of their own who made a stupid statement like:

Earth will become Venus’s satellite

The reason the discussion about 500 fair coins and space shuttles was instructive was that it illustrated the biased behavior of one side on even basic questions. If they cannot even concede a simple, obvious points, what hope is there that they will give ground on any other matter like evolution or the origin of life? So, calling all Dariwnists, evolutionists, and anti-IDists out there. Do you agree with this statement:

Earth will become Venus’s satellite

Here is your chance to defend science from falsehood. Do you want school kids believing such statements? Are you going to defend it or argue against it?