[ALS]

plausible to who?
accepted by who?

Isn't that exactly what the argument is about?

btw - lamo try on redefining what a theory is..

factaroo:
Fact and Theory are spelled different for a reason.

telling me that something is "offered" as an explanation, is not very impressive as to its validity.

[whattajoke]

Fact and Theory are spelled different for a reason.

So are "informed" and "ALS"

Often this statement is considered a sufficient dissenting argument. But it really is an expression of ignorance about how science works. I remind you that everything we understand about how things work in this world is ‘theoretical.’ Architects consult architectural theory. Structural engineers designing a bridge consult structural engineering theory. Medical doctors consult medical theory. Repeat, scientific theories are discoveries of how our natural reality is organized. To the extent a theory is useful it will be used. To the extent a theory is not useful it won’t be used. Given the power and utility of the theories that form the foundation of modern, technological civilization, a statement like the one above reflects a failure to understand this.

[whattajoke]

Care to revisit those oh-so-conveniently forgotten misquotes you posted earlier? Y'know, the ones you took from some creationist website, with no verification, and re posted here? Even though we've all seen them 100x and have simply and easily shown your source to be engaging in subterfuge, deception, and generally making a mockery of the 9th Commandment?

Hmmmm?

[Stultis]

btw - lamo try on redefining what a theory is..

Uh, yeah, hey, I was quoting from the dictionary entry YOU posted.

[Stultis]

telling me that something is "offered" as an explanation, is not very impressive as to its validity.

Agreed. The vast majority of explantions (hypotheses or theories) "offered" in science are immediately or eventually rejected. There is only one genuinely "impressive" indication of the scientific status of a theory: that it is actually used or implicated in the ongoing research of working scientists.

By this objective criteria, evolution is part of science and creationism isn't.