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Evolution
- Thread starter SilvaMo0n
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tumbleweed41
Resident Liberal Hippie
Yes.:yes:
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Oh no, just a few million fossils and a few thousand man-years of research, a mountain of biology papers etc... Certainly that is nothing to compare with the endless evidence that supports Intelligent Design. :drool:
themadhair
Well-Known Member
What is the evidence for evolution?
^ Berkeley University's site on the topic.
^ Berkeley University's site on the topic.
themadhair
Well-Known Member
I like this little write up:
http://www.agiweb.org/news/evolution.pdf
I think the recycled paper logo was quite neat in a PDF
Needs more pictures though.
http://www.agiweb.org/news/evolution.pdf
I think the recycled paper logo was quite neat in a PDF
Needs more pictures though.
themadhair
Well-Known Member
If you want to see evidence of evolution the best resource on the web I've ever seen is this:
Kitzmiller v. Dover: Padian demonstrative slides
This is Kevin Padian's testimony from the Dover trial.
Kitzmiller v. Dover: Padian demonstrative slides
This is Kevin Padian's testimony from the Dover trial.
SilvaMo0n
I bite!
lmao!
DadBurnett
Instigator
Proof of evolution ... evolution, as put forth by science, is a theory. There are many who choose to embrace it as fact, but the scientific basis has never been anything more than theory ...
It cannot be proved, but then, neither can faith or the existence of a Creator ...
It cannot be proved, but then, neither can faith or the existence of a Creator ...
OmarKhayyam
Well-Known Member
Proof is for math formal logic and whiskey.
There is however substantial evidence for ToE. And nothing else that explains the diversity of life as well as ToE.
Unless you believe in magic.
There is however substantial evidence for ToE. And nothing else that explains the diversity of life as well as ToE.
Unless you believe in magic.
OmarKhayyam
Well-Known Member
Nor the Germ Theory of Disease nor the Theory of Gravity. But I bet there are anti-bacterial medicines in your bathroom and you would not jump out of airplane w/o a parachute.
Umm.... A theory and a fact are not mutually exclusive, most theories often explain the observed fact. Evolution is actually a fact. It's an observable fact. Scientific theories are the highest achievement in science. So, to call it just a theory, is to denigrate the process of science. It's magnificently a theory.
linwood
Well-Known Member
<sigh>
A scientific theory is "a fact".
Actually it is better than "a fact" as it is a compilation of numerous "facts" that all support a single hypothesis.
I know of no single scientific theory that can claim more confirmed facts to support itself than evolution.
It has been "proven", creationists just refuse to look at the evidence.
Autodidact
Intentionally Blank
*sigh* For possibly the 1000th time I've typed this. No. Nothing in science is proven, ever. There is evidence for the Theory of Evolution (ToE), as much evidence as there has ever been for any scientific theory.
Autodidact
Intentionally Blank
God I get tired of educating ignorant creationists. Tell you what, go learn what a scientific theory is, then come back and we'll talk. I just can't bring myself to explain such an elementary point for the 10,000th time.
OmarKhayyam
Well-Known Member
"God I get tired of educating ignorant creationists."
Ya know, there is a solution for that.
Ya know, there is a solution for that.
rojse
RF Addict
Perhaps you should create a thread on this topic, and link to it with your signature.
OmarKhayyam
Well-Known Member
Now, failing to take my own advice. . .:cover:
For ignorant creationists and all others whose knowledge of the scientific method leaves much to be learned - this is what Auto is s-o-o-o tired of explaining.
"A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world. The theory of biological evolution is more than "just a theory." It is as factual an explanation of the universe as the atomic theory of matter or the germ theory of disease. Our understanding of gravity is still a work in progress. But the phenomenon of gravity, like evolution, is an accepted fact."
Read. Learn. Profit thereby.
And NEVER say of ToE "Well, it is just a wheory" again, Elmer!
Got that?:shout
For ignorant creationists and all others whose knowledge of the scientific method leaves much to be learned - this is what Auto is s-o-o-o tired of explaining.
"A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world. The theory of biological evolution is more than "just a theory." It is as factual an explanation of the universe as the atomic theory of matter or the germ theory of disease. Our understanding of gravity is still a work in progress. But the phenomenon of gravity, like evolution, is an accepted fact."
Read. Learn. Profit thereby.
And NEVER say of ToE "Well, it is just a wheory" again, Elmer!
Got that?:shout
DadBurnett
Instigator
And, there are those who have had personal experiences that prove the existence of a Creator ...
Which comes first, the logic or the whiskey???
Which comes first, the logic or the whiskey???
rojse
RF Addict
And, there are those who have had personal experiences that prove the existence of a Creator ...
Which comes first, the logic or the whiskey???
Evolution has nothing to do with God. Evolution is a theory on why life diversified into the varied forms that we see today. It says nothing about how life first came about, nor how the universe was created.