[Vive ut Vivas]

Did you completely miss the first definition you posted?

1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena. We have a winner!

He was a bitter hack who turned his back on God and his theory was one of the results -- flawed, tortured, sick (as in lacking wellness) -- as was he. He knows better, now that he has taken up his place in eternity and met his Maker, but his "work" goes on, polluting the public discourse with an unproven set of assumptions, even turning people away from God.

You're crazy.

[Dimensio]

Did you completely miss the first definition you posted?

It seems a not uncommon trend for creationists to put forth a various definitions for a word, then insist that the one they choose is what scientists really mean when using it, no matter how much evidence to the contrary is offered.

[GretchenM]

You're crazy.

So you resort to name callng because we disagree.

You are welcome to your conclusion, flawed as it is.