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To: Tribune7
How do you falsify a theory that life evolved undirected?

Show that life evolved directed?

.

Basically, the idea is that life evolved ... direction or a lack thereof isn't all that imprtant, but evolutionsists don't have to prove the absence any anything ... those who want for there to be a presence of some sort directing things need to prove the presence.

For instance, socks go missing whenever I do the laundry. I can state this happens ... however, if someone states the same thing, but claims tiny gnomes steal the socks, it's up to that person to show that gnomes ... not up to me to disprove the gnomes.

558 posted on 08/02/2005 12:06:45 PM PDT by bobhoskins
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To: bobhoskins
How do you falsify a theory that life evolved undirected? Show that life evolved directed?

That happens all the time from gene splicing in labs to cultivating roses in gardens. Has evolution been falsified?

Basically, the idea is that life evolved ... direction or a lack thereof isn't all that imprtant . . .

So if you don't know how all life evolved from a common ancestor why would you think it did?

For instance, socks go missing whenever I do the laundry. . .

That's an interesting illustration. For instance, your claim has strong odds of not being true. I suspect there are times when you do the laundry that socks don't go missing.

If one can be skeptical of claims of missing socks, one should certainly be skeptical of broad claims of science.

Anyway, the supernatural can be avoided when discussing socks. That's not really the case in questions as to how life came about and what we should do with our own.

773 posted on 08/02/2005 2:33:07 PM PDT by Tribune7
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