[hopespringseternal]

Evolution is as close to scientific fact as it comes.

How happy I am that my particular branch of scientific insterest, astronomy, is not home to the closed-minded morons that inhabit the biological sciences.

Evolution is a house of cards.

[Michael_Michaelangelo]

Evolution is a house of cards.

A house of cards that will never fall, due to it's ability to reinvent itself and evolve with every new discovery.

[horatio]

Riiiight.

All scientists are close-minded.

Riiiight.

[horatio]

How do you reconcile your beliefs with the overwhelming belief in the Big Bang amongst astronomers?

Astronomy provides proof that the universe isn't a few mere thousands of years old.

[aNYCguy]

How happy I am that my particular branch of scientific insterest, astronomy, is not home to the closed-minded morons that inhabit the biological sciences.

I think you'd find most trained astronomers pretty confident of atomic theory and the theory of gravitation, just as most trained biologists (and indeed most other scientists) are confident in the theory of evolution. All of these theories have been consistent with the data, and made useful predictions.

Until a more consistent alternative theory to atomic theory is provided and tested by its proponents, atomic theory will remain solidly accepted. Likewise with evolution. Does this make astronomers and biologists "closed-minded?" Should they spend vital time seriously considering every half-formulated, untested theory that comes along from people unwilling to do supporting research? Some people suggest that they should. Personally, I don't think busy scientists have any obligation to do the alternative-theory-proponents' homework for them.