[Muzzle_em]

When I was in school, the theory of evolution was emphasized as being THEORY. What I strongly dislike is that they are now moving toward teaching it as fact.

I am a Christian and I also love studying Science, but I honestly believe that if not one soul on the earth believed in God and if there was no Bible to refer to when studying creation, that it would still be totally wrong to teach evolution as FACT rather than theory.

[highball]

Evolution is both a theory and a fact.

Populations evolve. That is not contested - we observe that happening in nature.

The Theory of Evolution is not a fact. Theories are never proven. It is, however, as solid and substantiated as all other theories are.

There is a wealth of evidence to support it. You don't have to claim that the ToE is a "fact" to make the case that it is tested and supported, or to make the case that it is the only theory that addresses the evidence in any way.

[Coyoteman]

When I was in school, the theory of evolution was emphasized as being THEORY. What I strongly dislike is that they are now moving toward teaching it as fact.

Definitions:

Theory: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"

Observation: any information collected with the senses

Fact: when an observation is confirmed repeatedly and by many independent and competent observers, it can become a fact

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