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To: freedumb2003
Creationists should NEVER use the word "proof" in their feeble arguments. It makes thos arguments even more feeble.

Yes, the same way evolutionist shouldn't LIE about THEORY being equal with FACT.

532 posted on 12/17/2005 4:58:57 PM PST by sirchtruth (Words Mean Things...)
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To: sirchtruth
Yes, the same way evolutionist shouldn't LIE about THEORY being equal with FACT.

We don't. We're well aware of the difference between the two. However, it's no contradiction to say that Evolution is a Fact and a Theory.

540 posted on 12/17/2005 5:10:13 PM PST by Ichneumon
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To: sirchtruth
evolutionist shouldn't LIE about THEORY being equal with FACT

I'm an "evolutionist," having spent about half of my grad school training in that field. Here are the definitions of THEORY and FACT (hey, all caps makes them sound bigger!).

Please note, nothing in these definitions, which I have posted dozens of times, equates THEORY and FACT. But I will keep posting them as long as necessary.

Theory: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"

Fact: when an observation is confirmed repeatedly and by many independent and competent observers, it can become a fact


558 posted on 12/17/2005 5:33:10 PM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: sirchtruth
Yes, the same way evolutionist shouldn't LIE about THEORY being equal with FACT.

No scientist ever equates theory with fact. The best a scientist can come up with is an Axion, subject to disproval.

Religion can't do that. It posits its beliefs as "Facts." Look at the earlier post to me. One of you gives me Scripture where I am asking for Proof. Scripture is belief.

If you can't debate honestly you really should stay on the sidelines.

1,051 posted on 12/18/2005 8:54:20 AM PST by freedumb2003 (American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
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