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To: blowfish

BULL:

The reality is that moderns that live now were not alive when the "creation" nor the evolution of species happened so both are somewhat a leap of faith and cannot be proven: That is why neither CAN be proven difinitively by mankind and will always be a "theory"

There is much evidence for the Supernatural creation of the earth that God caused (recorded in the Gensis account probably by Moses), and much to refute evolution, and a litte to prove evolution-not enough to claim that it was the cause of mankind..,

but if we just look at the facts.. macroevolution may be seen as nothing more than a hoax, and neither Creation/nor Evolution can be difinitively "proven"!


19 posted on 07/10/2006 12:53:03 PM PDT by JSDude1 (www.pence08.com)
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To: JSDude1
The reality is that moderns that live now were not alive when the "creation" nor the evolution of species happened so both are somewhat a leap of faith and cannot be proven: That is why neither CAN be proven difinitively by mankind and will always be a "theory"

Hey, now you are getting the hang of science. After all, science is incapable of proving anything. All theories in science are unprovable. Electromagnetism - unproven. It really is. Gravity - we still don't know what causes it. Heck, we don't even know why inertia exists. All science can do is come up with tests for theories whose results have the possibility of disproving said theory.

There are a lot of people who believe science proves things when, in fact, it does not. It can only disprove things.

The big difference is that there is a lot of physical evidence out there and evolution is the best description we have so far for these observations. Many sciences are historical. They aren't done in a lab and don't require an eye-witness. The past events leave behind a forensic story. So far, every bit of evidence, every fact, shows that a literal interpretation of Genesis did not occur.

21 posted on 07/10/2006 1:00:37 PM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: JSDude1
That is why neither CAN be proven difinitively by mankind and will always be a "theory"

Ah yes, the old "science can't prove anything, so my particular load of theological stuff is just as plausible as the geological record" argument.
This argument is much favored by people who:

1) Don't understand how science works
2) Do understand it, but resent it's findings.

This is fine in a philosophy class. But a science class postulates certain things and goes on from there. If you don't like where it goes, don't take science classes. Poetry is a perfectly valid field of study, for instance.

Luckily, there are still a lot of people who *do* value the benefits of the study of physical evidence, and will continue to bring us the fruit of their labors.

23 posted on 07/10/2006 1:12:51 PM PDT by blowfish
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