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To: Last Visible Dog
[Why not just accept that they are both...theories, and not proven fact?] That is my position.

But creationism is most definitely NOT a scientific theory. A scientific theory is a rational, comprehensible, cause-and-effect explanation (or model) for verifiable facts. Further, a scientific theory must be falsifiable, which can happen by observing verifiable facts which contradict it. Creationism fails to be a scientific theory in absolutely every respect. It's an article of faith, which is fine with me, but that's not science.

204 posted on 05/12/2003 11:18:47 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: PatrickHenry
But creationism is most definitely NOT a scientific theory. A scientific theory is a rational, comprehensible, cause-and-effect explanation (or model) for verifiable facts. Further, a scientific theory must be falsifiable, which can happen by observing verifiable facts which contradict it. Creationism fails to be a scientific theory in absolutely every respect. It's an article of faith, which is fine with me, but that's not science.

Really. The foundation of evolution as cosmology is "something came from nothing" or "a miracle happened"

Using your own logic, evolution as cosmology is not a scientific theory. "something came from nothing" is not a theory that is rational, comprehensible, cause-and-effect explanation. Hell, in evolution as cosmology it all starts with an effect that had no cause. Using your own words, evolution as cosmology fails to be a scientific theory.

Don't you hate it when you own words deflate your position?

289 posted on 05/12/2003 12:23:20 PM PDT by Last Visible Dog
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