The evolutionary sciences are quite used to being told they aren't science because they won't jump thru any particular hoop some non-scientist critic with an axe to grind holds up. Darwinian evolution is an attempt to explain the overall consistencies in the fossils we observed in the geological column. Opinions about the origins of life do not enter into this question. Darwin specifically made clear that Darwinian evolution has no opinion about the origins of life. What scientific enthusiasts believe or don't believe about this subject has no impact on that.
This is total hypocrisy. As the article on top shows Darwin's intent in formulating evolution was to ban God from creation, from any role in what happens in nature. Clearly that is postulating ultimate causes. Just about every post by the evolutionists here also shows their hatred of religion. To say that evolution is not a life view is totally ludicrous.
As to the science of evolution, the fossil hunt has not and can never prove evolution for the simple reason that the bones of dead species tell us very little about the species itself. 99% of the biological characteristics of a species are not to be found in the bones and any assumptions, conclusions, or theories derived from such bones are necessarily incomplete, inadequate and mere supposition, not science.
This is total hypocrisy. As the article on top shows Darwin's intent in formulating evolution was to ban God from creation,
The article shows no such thing. Darwin was explicitly silent on the subject, Darwinian evolution is about the bones, and no amount of rude language on your part can change what the historical record unambiguously shows by means of statements from the horse's mouth. Darwin studied for the cloth before he became a biologist, which explains much of why he was at pains to point out that Darwinian evolution attempts to explain nothing past what the fossil record shows.
from any role in what happens in nature. Clearly that is postulating ultimate causes. Just about every post by the evolutionists here also shows their hatred of religion. To say that evolution is not a life view is totally ludicrous.
To put thoughts into Darwin's brain contrary to his explicit statements on this subject, on the basis of generalized ontological speculation is, to be charitable, an act of sloppy scholarship--just as it failing to differentiate between what "every evolutionist posting here" thinks and what a particular science actually postulates.
As to the science of evolution, the fossil hunt has not and can never prove evolution for the simple reason that the bones of dead species tell us very little about the species itself. 99% of the biological characteristics of a species are not to be found in the bones and any assumptions, conclusions, or theories derived from such bones are necessarily incomplete, inadequate and mere supposition, not science.
As to the science of astronomy, the star hunt has not, and can never prove the theory of stellar evolution, because 99% of the transitional phase changes on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram have never been seen in observable stars in our lifetime, therefore, stellar evolution is mere supposition, not science.
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Science would come to a halt without supposition, ie, inductive reasoning on missing data.