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To: RussP
"As for astrology being a “scientific theory,” evolutionists have really distorted that one. What Behe said, if I recall correctly, is that, in a loose sense of the word, astrology could have been considered a scientific theory in its time, and indeed it was. Behe certainly did not say that it was a *correct* theory or that he thought it had any merit. You see, a “theory” can be dead wrong and still be a “theory.”"

Right, Behe's point was that astrology was a scientific theory because it was falsifiable and was, in fact, falsified. Now, there are still people who believe in astrology even after it has been falsified and continue to claim that it is scientific.

In the same manner, evolution has been falsified, but there are still people who believe in it and claim that it is scientific. In this context, naturalism and astrology are on the same level.

168 posted on 06/18/2007 8:27:44 AM PDT by GourmetDan
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To: GourmetDan
In the same manner, evolution has been falsified

When did this happen? Did I miss the biggest scientific news in decades, that one of the oldest, most researched, most tested theories in science has been falsified?

169 posted on 06/18/2007 9:38:52 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: GourmetDan
Evolutionary theory has been falsified. For example, see how gradualism’s supporters counter the arguments of punctuated equilibrium’s supporters and vice versa.

Evolution as a fact has not been falsified.

178 posted on 06/18/2007 10:48:57 AM PDT by Abd al-Rahiim
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