[JeffAtlanta]

You mean you didn't know the word theory had more than one definition?

Of course he knew - he was the one trying to tell you that the scientific usage of the word 'theory' differed from the common usage of the term.

You didn't direct this at me but I did check your work and it was wrong. Either you have a children's version of the American Heritage dictionary or you just made up your research. As I posted before, I went to dictionary.com and looked up the term to verify your 'research'. American Heritage is the first set of definitions it displays and none of them are anything like what you posted. Again, you may be using the children's version.

[Dimensio]

Of course he knew - he was the one trying to tell you that the scientific usage of the word 'theory' differed from the common usage of the term.

The problem is that Dataman doesn't care about inconvenient facts like this. He will go so far as to cite a source to "prove" a claim, even when that source does not say anything whatsoever about his claim, much less offer evidence that the claim is true.

He has done this more than once in crevo discussions. He once claimed that the theory of evolution addressed the origins of life, and to support his claim he quoted four websites. I had to look the websites up (he didn't bother to provide actual citations), and I discovered that one of them didn't address evolution at all, one didn't address the origins of life at all, one addressed both but distinctly seperated the origins of life from evolution theory, one lumped the two together, but not as the "theory of evolution" but rather a "pagan creation myth". When I pointed out that nothing that he had cited supported his claim, he just said that I was ignoring the "obvious". He is a prime example of a dishonest creationist.

[Dataman]

You didn't direct this at me but I did check your work and it was wrong. Either you have a children's version of the American Heritage dictionary or you just made up your research.

Typical evolutionist snobbery. You can't find it therefore it doesn't exist. No wonder you are losing the battle.

 theory (thEEuh-rEE)

   noun: plural: theories.
   1. A statement or set of statements designed to explain a phenomenon or
       class of phenomena.
   2. A set of rules or principles designed for the study or practice of an
       art or discipline.
   3. Abstract thought untested in practice.
   4. An assumption or guess.
 [< Greek theoria.]
 --theoretical (-reti-kuhl) --adjective
 --theoretically --adverb

I'll accept your admission of error at your earliest convenience.