DragonMasterAlex
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Originally posted by: wirelessenabled
Originally posted by: daveshel
I'm not so sure this proves anything about ignorance, since the theory of evolution is still a theory. Moreover, it seems to me the most telling statistic would be the percentage that believes that God created the human race through the forces of evolution.
EVERYTHING in science is a theory! We have this theory about how electrons behave in a semiconductor. We use the theory to design and build CPUs to power a computer. Does this make the theory a truth? No, it is still a theory. The theory fits the facts well enough to allow us to harness its power but it still does not make it a truth.
Same holds true for evolution. It will never be a fact no matter how much evidence we gather or how well it fits and explains and predicts the evidence.
The evangelicals stating that evolution is "only a theory" just means one more level of ignorance to me.
The clear words of one who has neither studied evolution nor come to understand the basics of its operations.
The claim "All science is just a theory!" is just the desperate cries of ignorant fops trying to put FAITH on the same standing as REASON.
Let's try a little exercise, though: We'll drop you out of an airplane at 30,000 feet with no parachute and you can explain on the way down how Gravity is, after all, "just a theory."
Jason