Evolution a theory? That's right

[JCRoberts]

Since material from this newspaper cannot be used here, follow the link to this editorial about how dumb the paper thinks "creationists" are.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050122/OPINION03/501220316/1110

[JCRoberts]

The whole premise of this editorial is that the authors of the sticker don’t know the definition of “theory,” and the judge should have ordered them to write it 100 times. However, the Register let the judge off the hook! According to the brilliant editorial board, “Those who want to discredit evolution by calling it a theory are actually declaring that it's almost certainly true.”

Last time I checked, the definition of “fact” was not, “Something that is almost certainly true.” Therefore, the stickers on the books are correct. The judge is the one who should be lambasted for not knowing the definitions of words. The sticker, factually speaking, is correct. The Register’s own editorial validates it. Evolution is a theory, not a fact.

But that doesn’t fit in with the view of the obviously secular editorial board of the Des Moines Register, does it? No, because it’s a standard ploy by evolutionists to denigrate creation by insinuating that “creationists” are not intelligent enough to differentiate between fact and theory.

Oops! There I go again. I forgot. There is no difference. The words are interchangeable. Didn’t Joe Friday used to say, “Just the theory, ma’am”?

Here’s the part they don’t get because they can’t relate. Believers don’t need to get into a semantic battle over the word theory in order to discredit evolution. Words will not make us change our faith. Even if some scientists come out tomorrow and say evolution is 100% fact, I won’t believe them. I will simply believe God created the theory of evolution to weed out the non-believers from the true believers.

That’s a fact.

[BenLurkin]

Didn’t Joe Friday used to say, “Just the theory, ma’am”?

Heh-heh.

[jcb8199]

Theory

NOUN: pl. the·o·ries

• A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
• The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice: a fine musician who had never studied theory.
• A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics. Abstract reasoning; speculation: a decision based on experience rather than theory.
• A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment: staked out the house on the theory that criminals usually return to the scene of the crime.
• An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.
  
  I don't see anything in there about it being "as close to true" as it can be. Maybe they were talking in the relativistic sense...

[VIDADDICT]

I encourage you to send this to the Des Moines Register Editorial Department.

[zzen01]

The DSM Register is a New York Slime owned Birdcage Liner.

[Spok]

It's just a matter of time until the Democrats try to bring back literacy tests as a requirement to vote. Of course, the test will be designed to only screen out those 'ignorant' Republican-Christian-conservatives.

[rcocean]

I always love how these journalists - who probably never took a science course outside of freshman biology - always become scientific geniuses when they write about evolution.

It would fun to get a panel of editorial writers on TV and ask them questions about Darwin/evolution/DNA and listen to their answers.

[muleskinner]

... God created the theory of evolution to weed out the nonbelievers from the true believers.

Well, finally, in print here it is, once and for all.

If there was a Darwin Award for the written word, your statement would rank right up there.

[jjmcgo]

I've never read it but I read recently that Louis Pasteur did quite a bit of work in debunking evolution and that Einstein did not believe it either.
But the objections to evolution of those two great scientists are not taught in our public schools.

[longshadow]

"Festival of Mirth" ping

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

I've never read it but I read recently...

Which is it? Did you read it or didn't you read it?

[MikeConservative]

Pasteur yes, I believe he had the principle that debunked the idea of "Spontaneous Generation", it was only a few hundred years ago. Its also the only way evolutionists can explain how they believe living things were created, the idea that nonliving things can somehow produce living things.

[PatrickHenry]

I don't think this thread qualifies for the ping list.

[jjmcgo]

Yes, at times I am able to express myself clearly and sometimes I devolve into someone who can't.
I meant to say that I had read that Pasteur debunked evolution but I had not read his papers to that effect.

[longshadow]

I don't think this thread qualifies for the ping list.

Perhpas not, but it sure is amusing.

[rhtwngwarrior]

Didn’t Joe Friday used to say, “Just the theory, ma’am”?

Exactly. All these "scientists" have are their earthly "theories" -- what we're talking about is FACT. Its right there in the Bible -- that it is true. Why can't these people see that?!

[JCRoberts]

If there was a Darwin Award for the written word, your statement would rank right up there.



Explain yourself, please. I am familiar with the Darwin Awards...not familiar how this wopuld apply, even if there were awards for the written word.

And how did you do those fancy italics, anyway? I haven't evolved that much on FR.

[microgood]

“creationists” are not intelligent enough to differentiate between fact and theory.

Neither can evolutionists. For talkorigins.org, evolution is both a theory and a fact. Have your cake and eat it too.

[Drammach]

Creationists stupid? I think not...
Obstinate ? Stubborn ? Possibly..

( I tend to agree with you on your interpretation.. God created the Universe.. It only stands to reason God created evolution.. Why argue over the details? )

[Joe Bonforte]

Yep, just a theory. Like the... oh, say, Theory of Gravity. I guess since that's just a theory, we might all suddenly fly off the Earth. After all, it's just a theory, not a fact.

Or the Theory of Relativity. I mean, who knows if those atomic weapons will really work or not? It's just a theory.