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To: F.J. Mitchell

"Do you have information that shows the theory of evolution to be false?"

Is that not akin to me having to prove that I did not kill my neighbor's dog?


298 posted on 06/04/2006 8:35:52 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God is giving you countless observable clues of His existence!)
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To: DennisR

I believe you are responding to the wrong person, I never wrote that and certainly not in post # 166.


299 posted on 06/04/2006 8:55:23 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Dear US Senators, Reps. and Mr. President: Why are y'all abetting the destruction of our culture?)
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To: DennisR; F.J. Mitchell
"Do you have information that shows the theory of evolution to be false?"

Is that not akin to me having to prove that I did not kill my neighbor's dog?

No. Not even close. Scientific theories must be falsifiable to be theories. All you have to do is check the genetics, and show a major discrepancy in your data vs. what theory predicts. Or find some serious problem with biology or paleontology.

But, in 150 years it has not been done. There have been some modifications, but the overall theory as proposed by Darwin is still remarkably intact.

So, as was asked of you, do you have information that shows the theory of evolution to be false? Inquiring minds want to know.

300 posted on 06/04/2006 9:25:48 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death--Heinlein)
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To: DennisR
Is that not akin to me having to prove that I did not kill my neighbor's dog?

If you are attempting to counter presented evidence that you did, in fact, kill your neighbor's dog with a positive assertion that it would have been impossible for you to have done so, regardless of the evidence, then your analogy would be similar.
303 posted on 06/05/2006 1:06:21 AM PDT by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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