How would you respond to this TalkOrigins claim?

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How would you respond to this TalkOrigins claim?

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I imagine many of you have seen the TalkOrigins.org Index To Creationist Claims. A lot of their counterclaims are easy to debunk. Some are pure relativism, even!

e.g.
Origins are not determined by our personal decisions of what religion to follow.
-from http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CA/CA650.html
...creationism claims to apply an individual's religious opinion to the whole universe. That is not merely bigotry; it is also hubris.
-from http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CH/CH010.html

Is it just me, or do I sense a contradiction? :wink:

Others make truly ridiculous claims:
Intelligent design implies philosophical naturalism.
-from http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CA/CA601.html

But others are harder. How about this one: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CH/CH801.html? (Claims that the order of events in Genesis was just plain wrong.) How would you respond to this one?
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How would you respond to this one?
It is only wrong according to an evolutionary standpoint. So, it's circular reasoning. They're debunking an opposing view to make their side seem credible, but they debunk it only by assuming their side is right. It'd be like me going up to you, saying you're wrong, because I'm right.
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