Comments on: And the winners are …

By: Larian LeQuella

Larian LeQuella — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:12:46 +0000

Jonathon,

BRILLIANT IDEA! I can see that being a good fundraiser for the group. Have this contest as often as you can, and then put all the entries together in a book.

That line in D still makes me LOL, “gravity advocates pushing people off of buildings.”

By: Jonathon Corbridge

Jonathon Corbridge — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:49:46 +0000

This was a great contest!!!
While haggling over the winners is kinda fun, the real point was to prove we can very easily beat down the Creation fantasies with simple arguments. All of these entries were great and they all have a proud position on my office billboard.

Like Dan, my only real complaint is directed at myself for not making the time to submit. We need a book’s worth of these things.

Seeyah!

By: RPJ

RPJ — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:14:27 +0000

H was my favorite as well, but it isn’t very clear in stick-figure format…I almost ended up like the creationist, trying to figure out what it’s saying.

I don’t see how I’m “thinking too hard” The argument of “irreducible complexity” doesn’t say “these structures are one and whole and cannot be broken into parts”. It says “These structures cannot be functional if one of their parts is removed”.

If the argument was the former, then yes, G would be a good illustration of the fact that the eye can be broken into parts. But since the argument is the latter, it just demonstrates that the eye cannot lose a part and still be useful - which reinforces the argument.

By: David Jacobo

David Jacobo — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:10:08 +0000

out of all of them, Entry G got me to literally lough out loud. But then again it’s probably because i have done several papers for school on ID. Yes RPJ is clearly thinking too hard lol.

By: Neil Schipper

Neil Schipper — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:11:50 +0000

I second Jo: H was the best. Where’d ya find those judges?

By: Brandon Haught

Brandon Haught — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:00:53 +0000

I honestly don’t know if this contest will be annual or not. This is the first time doing it. I think part of that decision will rest on getting another stack of good prizes and some celebrity judges next year. If I can round all that up like I managed to do this year, then I probably will give it another go.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:16:31 +0000

I agree with Patrick Henry! lol! But seriously, they were all great.

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:21:53 +0000

Aw, I thought H was brilliant — how did it not place? (G is hilarious too, although it doesn’t really counter the irreducable complexity canard.)