Posted on 12/30/2005 9:12:43 AM PST by RightWingAtheist
When a federal judge in Pennsylvania struck down the efforts of a local school board to teach "intelligent design," he rightly criticized the wholly unscientific nature of that enterprise. Some people will disagree with his view, arguing that evolution is a "theory" and intelligent design is a "theory," so students should look at both theories.
But this view confuses the meaning of the word "theory." In science, a theory states a relationship between two or more things (scientists like to call them "variables") that can be tested by factual observations. We have a "theory of gravity" that predicts the speed at which two objects will fall toward one another, the path on which a satellite must travel if it is to maintain a constant distance from the earth, and the position that a moon will keep with respect to its associated planet.
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Appreciate it, I don't like appealing to your authority because I know how much it costs. :-}
God has ear hair. I was made in his image, after all. Ear hair is important according to God, although I am not sure of the reason.
Also back hair.
And gall bladders--mine was removed.
And skin cancer. God has skin cancer.
Very profound. I'm speechless.
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