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To: JeffAtlanta
I'm still waiting for some of the intellectually honest creationists to step in and correct Dataman on this point.

I am still waiting for the logical evolutionist to assist you in understanding that theory has more than one meaning.

Regardless, why would you apply definition #4 (“An assumption or guess”)

Because that is exactly what evolution is. For the sake of argument, use any of the four definitions. That still does not change the fact that evolution is unobserved, unrepeatable, unverifiable, contradictory and systematically discontinuous.

174 posted on 11/11/2004 3:00:22 PM PST by Dataman
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To: Dataman
I am still waiting for the logical evolutionist to assist you in understanding that theory has more than one meaning.

Not in this context. Its been explained to you many times what the word theory means in a scientific context. In the same way, the words 'energy', 'power' and 'work' have many definitions, but in a scientific context they each have only one precise definition. Also, while the 'law' may have several definitions, there is only one accepted definition in a scientific context. Common usage definitions for the same words have no relevance.

That still does not change the fact that evolution is unobserved, unrepeatable, unverifiable, contradictory and systematically discontinuous.

Completely untrue. In fact, that list is what makes evolution a 'theory' rather than a hypothesis. Evolution is observed everyday in antibiotic resistant bacteria and pesticide resistant insects. These observations are very repeatable and verifiable.
179 posted on 11/11/2004 3:17:11 PM PST by JeffAtlanta
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