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To: metmom

And so what? Evolution is a ‘theory’ - far, far from being proven science!
Go ahead and flame - I’m ready!


4 posted on 03/06/2010 4:04:21 PM PST by J Edgar
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To: J Edgar

It’s interesting that this thread should have just been posted....

Theories, Facts, and ‘Denialism’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2465335/posts

“A world-class scientist on the listserv claimed in the course of an unrelated debate that gravity was a fact, not a theory. This struck me as fundamentally wrongheaded, and it still does. It is, of course, a “fact” that unsupported objects fall. What explains this observable fact is the theory of gravity. Gravity is the theory; the falling object is the fact. The theory explains the fact, but the theory never becomes a fact.

This scientist was quite adamant on the point, going so far as to assert that we inquisitive laymen on this listserv should just take his word for it, since he is an expert and we aren’t.”


9 posted on 03/06/2010 4:11:55 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: J Edgar

The only flame I have for you is your statement that evolution is a theory. It’s not a theory. It’s an hypothesis: a guess. A guess that requires more faith than Christianity.


23 posted on 03/06/2010 4:32:47 PM PST by LouAvul
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