[plain talk]

Evolution is a scientific fact.

Right, they have a theory they claim as fact. Amazing how sure man can be on selective topics.

[ZULU]

Evolution is a "Theory" and not a "Law" because the mechanics of how it actually occurs is still open to study, debate and definition. It can't become a "Law" until all aspects of how it opeates are satisfactorily defined.

No one contests "Boyle's Law". The behavior of a gas has been studied and quantifiably described in laboratory experiments. Trying to prove Evolution in a Laboratory is obviously difficult on the macro-scale, but has been reasonably approximated on the microscale level. In no way does this however detract from the scientifically accepted validity of this "Theory". These are distinctions which are not obvious to the layman as "theory" has a different connotation in conversational English than it does in scientific jargon.

Its sort of like confusing "militia" in the Second Amendment with Militia as in the National Guard. Same word, two different nuances.