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To: Alacarte
They even point that evolution is just a 'theory.' Ha!

To be a theory, you have to be able to create an experiment to test it. Let me know when somebody creates an experiment to test either Evolution or Creation... Until then these are just hypotheses.

10 posted on 12/27/2004 3:00:20 PM PST by DrDavid (Tomorrow will be an even better day...)
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To: DrDavid
Let me know when somebody creates an experiment to test either Evolution or Creation... Until then these are just hypotheses.

One tiny detail is evolution explains much of objective reality, while "Creationism" simply lets those ignorant of basic science feel better.
12 posted on 12/27/2004 3:03:00 PM PST by Connie Cardullo
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To: DrDavid

You can't test a scientific theory. You must not understand the definition of the term.


14 posted on 12/27/2004 3:05:57 PM PST by Dog Gone
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These debates never seem to resolve themselves. Just to be clear on the matter, evolution doesn't claim to descibe the origins of life itself or of the universe. Evolution is just the process of speciation.


16 posted on 12/27/2004 3:10:04 PM PST by seacapn
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To: DrDavid

Here's a good experiment... Ask anyone who says they believe in evolution if they've ever read on book on the subject. Most folks believe not because they've done in-depth research into the subject but rather because the theory is so pervasive in our culture that they dont give it a second thought.


17 posted on 12/27/2004 3:10:36 PM PST by Mulch
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To: DrDavid

Evolution IS testable according to the scientific community. Astronomers can't test stars in a lab, and geologists cannot go back in time, yet somehow you do not question the validity of those fields! Being testable does not mean it has to be recreated in a lab, that's an assumption people who do not know science make.

If you would like me to post what the major scientific institutions say about evolution, just ask. Otherwise I will assume off the mark that you agree that denying evolution means opposing what all major scientific institutions support. Which means your opposition is based on religious grounds.


18 posted on 12/27/2004 3:10:38 PM PST by Alacarte (There is no knowledge that is not power)
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To: DrDavid

Your PhD is only honorary, I assume.


19 posted on 12/27/2004 3:10:47 PM PST by Connie Cardullo
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To: DrDavid
To be a theory, you have to be able to create an experiment to test it. Let me know when somebody creates an experiment to test either Evolution or Creation... Until then these are just hypotheses.

Here you go: 29+ Evidences for Macroevolution. That's what makes evolutionary biology aa scientific theory, not just a hypothesis.

Meanwhile, I'm *still* waiting for someone to state a "theory of creationism", its predictions, and how those predictions could be tested or falsified.

161 posted on 12/27/2004 6:07:04 PM PST by Ichneumon
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