[wallcrawlr]

Your argument of language definition should be taken up with:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2005 Denis Howe

because according to those sources, theory = belief

[Dimensio]

Maybe you need to understand that when multiple definitions are listed for a word, the applicable definition is based upon the context, not what you want it to be so that you can "prove" a false point about the "theory" of evolution being a "belief".

[doc30]

Wallcawlr, did you even read the full post #51 you wrote? You clearly quote the six usages of the word "theory" in the English language. RadioAstronomer posted a reply to wallcrawlr that expands on definition #1 of the six given:

1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

This first definition given by wallcrawlr is the scientific usage of the word theory. The fifth definition, which reflects the common, or lay, definition equates a theory with belief. Which correctly, and according to RadioAstronomer, is NOT the scientific usage.

Playing word games is, again, blatant dishonesty on the part of creationists to corrupt science as a whole in order to fit their belief in creationism.

[stremba]

Funny, but in your own post of the definition of theory, you posted the following:

the·o·ry

1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

Sounds quite a bit like the definition of theory that is expounded upon in RA's post.