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To: Dimensio
LOL.............. OK, if you say so. Of course you saying so and anyone else saying the same thing does not make it so. It is sort of like a 'theory'.

theory (n) Synonyms: philosophy, model, concept, system, scheme, idea, notion, principle, belief, rule, technique
Synonyms: hypothesis, conjecture, speculation, assumption, premise, presumption, supposition, guess.
Synonyms: hypothesize, conjecture, imagine, conceive, posit, put forward, speculate.

It would take many more solid facts before a theory is no longer a theory.

Yep I am a 'creationist' but not the 6,000 year theory, I believe GOD created it all and that to him a million years is probably equal to a minute to us.

172 posted on 01/31/2006 9:34:39 AM PST by Dustbunny (Can we build it - Yes we can - Bob the Builder - Can we win it - Yes we can - Geo. W. Bush)
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To: Dustbunny
LOL.............. OK, if you say so.

It's not really me. I'm relying on the guidelines of the scientific method.

Of course you saying so and anyone else saying the same thing does not make it so. It is sort of like a 'theory'.

You are dishonestly equivocating one definition of "theory" that is not the scientific therm with the scientific term "theory". They are not equivalent words. The "Theory" of evolution is not a "theory" in the sense that you have defined it. A "theory" in the context of science, such as the "theory" of evolution, is a set of statements backed by a sufficient standard of evidence, that explains the cause of observed phenomenon within the natural universe. Your "GOD"-based explanation requires an invocation of an element outside of the natural universe, and as such does not qualify as science. Note that I am not saying that your explanation is necessarily false -- it may well be true -- however because it invokes elements outside of the scope of scientific inquiry it cannot qualify as a scientific theory.
327 posted on 01/31/2006 2:06:43 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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