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To: curiosity
Rev. Peter Luckey, pastor at Plymoth Congregational Church ... Scientists can’t give us the answers to questions of purpose. They can give us some theories about how the universe was created.

Yet another demonstration of the mis-use of the word "theory". The proper word here, I believe, should be "hypothesis". A "theory" is an entirely different thing, describing how something operates, like "gravity theory", "music theory", and "semiconductor theory". It is NOT a guess.

36 posted on 12/09/2005 7:10:19 AM PST by narby (Hillary! The Wicked Witch of the Left)
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To: narby

Give him a break. He's not a scientist.


37 posted on 12/09/2005 7:14:07 AM PST by curiosity
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