[Thatcherite]

He's just as critical of "conventional wisdom" among scientists --- past and present --- as he is of the nabobs who think they are saying something meaningful when they declare "evolution is a theory, not a fact".

Evolution is a theory, not a fact.

So, do you think you are saying something meaningful there? Do you know what scientists mean by the word "theory"?

[PatrickHenry]

Do you know what scientists mean by the word "theory"?

Most of the creationists who have a history of participation in these threads have been told, often enough, yet they persist in using "just a theory" as if it were a weakness. They won't change; creationists rarely do. But for those who don't know and want to learn: What's a Scientific Theory?

[Aquinasfan]

So, do you think you are saying something meaningful there?

Yes. I think I'm saying that evolutionary theory is an attempt to explain the origin and diversity of various forms of life.

Do you know what scientists mean by the word "theory"?

I don't know. What do you think? I think of a scientific theory as an attempt to explain a natural phenomenon through natural means.

[frgoff]

So, do you think you are saying something meaningful there? Do you know what scientists mean by the word "theory"?

Probably not, or he'd use the correct term. Evolution is an hypothesis. It doesn't rate the level of theory, yet.