If "evolutionary theory is largely materialist dogma", then aren't the germ theory of disease, the theory of gravitation, astronomy, and the laws of aerodynamics equally "materialist dogma"?
>> germ theory of disease, the theory of gravitation, astronomy, and the laws of aerodynamics equally "materialist dogma"?
No.. these theories can be tested out in labs, actively observed, and can be reproduced for the most part.
The theory of evolution, on the other hand, cannot. Only trace evidence exists.
Starlight can be observed to bend under the influence of gravity, lending credibility to the theory of relativity and the concept of gravity. Apples drop to the earth when they fall from a tree, once again displaying the theory in action.
Have you noticed that no one argues about theories that are supported by evidence?