No, evolution is a philosophy - it is a worldview that colours the interpretation of empirical data.
Clearly, you also have no understanding of scientific method. Reading the article at the link I provided earlier would help with that.
Since I really come to FreeRepublic to discuss politics, not to try to educate people who don't want to be educated, I'm really not interested in continuing this kind of discussion.
The only reason I commented in the first place was to try to shake GourmetDan's absolute certainty about the nature/motivations of scientists by inserting the viewpoint of an actual scientist. I'm sure that you're able to understand when I say that I don't like being mischaracterized by people who have no understanding of what I do or how I think.