Evolution: "A PROCESS of CONTINUOUS CHANGE from a LOWER, SIMPLER OR WORSE to a HIGHER, MORE COMPLEX BETTER state. A PROCESS in which THE WHOLE UNIVERSE is a PROGRESSION of INTERRELATED PHENOMENA (Accidents)."
pfft... duelling dictionaries...
Oxford American Dictionary
Avon Books ISBN 0-380-51052-9
c.1980 Oxford University Press
e-vo-lu'tion (ev-o-loo-shon) n. 1. the process by which something develops gradually into a different form. 2. the origination of living things by development from earlier forms, not by special creation. e-vo-lu'tion-ar-y adj. e-vo-lu'tion-ist n
oh, and here is what your "Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary" actually says:
Dictionary definition of evolution
evo.lu.tion n 1a: a process of change in a certain direction: UNFOLDING
b: the action or an instance of forming and giving something off: EMISSION
c(1): a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state: GROWTH
(2): a process of gradual and relatively peaceful social, political, and economic advance
d: something evolved
2: one of a set of prescribed movements
3: the process of working out or developing
4: the extraction of a mathematical root
5a: the historical development of a biological group (as a race or species): PHYLOGENY
b: a theory that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations
6: a process in which the whole universe is a progression of interrelated phenomena
-- evo.lu.tion.ari.ly adv -- evo.lu.tion.ary adj -- evo.lu.tion.ism n -- evo.lu.tion.ist n or adj
why did you represent the definition from your source incorrectly?
why did you fail to include citation tracking information for your source?
Religion Moderator, does not this kind of deliberate TEXTUAL misrepresentation constitute mendacity? If not, exactly WHAT does it represent?