[RadioAstronomer]

Yes, all those who don't believe in evolution are superstitious, backwards hicks. LOL

No.

If you remember, often I have stated "I DO NOT BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION" on these threads. However, I do accept the prodigious mountain of evidence that supports the scientific theory of evolution that has been painstakingly accumulated for more than 150 years (even to the point of scientists and philosophers losing their lives in that pursuit).

This is not unlike asking you “do you believe that you will fall down towards the earth if you step out of a flying airplane”? Silly question huh. Of course you will fall towards the earth. No belief necessary.

Here is the rub. Do you think gravity is real? Remember there is a theory of gravity as well.

In fact, there is far more accumulated evidence and discovery describing the details of evolutionary theory than gravitational theory.

[JohnnyM]

The rub is this: I can observe gravity, be it caused by mass and attraction or by the curvature of space or by some yet unknown phenomena. What I cannot observe and what has not been observed is macro-evolution. The theory of evolution is a system that attempts to explain how things happened given the facts it has, but at the macro-level it is at best an educated guess on how x can get to y given z.

JM

[MacDorcha]

"Here is the rub. Do you think gravity is real? Remember there is a theory of gravity as well. "

Actually, I think the rub there is your assumption that the theory of gravity claims the cause of gravity.

A theory of diversification (we can witness that) would be much more accurate. We can observe different living things. We can observe the effects of gravity.

Can we observe the cause of either? Ha!