Originally posted by: Harvey
ShadesOfGrey -- You don't seem to get it. I never attacked you or your so called "arguement." I asked you to post what you understood the definition of
THEORY was because your posts suggest you do not know. In fact, if you knew what a
THEORY is, you'd probably change your own statements.
It's ridiculous that you didn't just take the time to look it up, but since you're google challenged, here it is:
n. pl. the·o·ries
1. 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.
It takes only one demonstrable contradiction to disprove a theory. It goes back to your statement:
It was not taught to me as a theory at the public highschool I went to, it and the "big bang" theory were taught as "fact".
It means that evolution and the "big bang" are currently the most credible explanations for their relative subjects, and there are
no credible contradictions in either.
It also relates to the topic of this thread, ID, which, under the scientific definition, does
NOT merit being considered as a
THEORY because the concepts presented by "creationism," "creation science" or "intelligent design" are contradicted by the physical evidence of the history of this planet and the observed universe. They fail out of the gate as a scientific hypothesis or proposition.
You can weasel and wriggle and squirm all you want. You can call me names to your heart's content. That still doesn't let you off the hook for addressing the fact that a lot of what you've said in this thread is meaningless in the context of the true definition of the word,
THEORY. :roll: