It has been proven the earth is round, that viruses can sicken a person, and that the Holocaust took place. These are facts.
So, you agree that it is absolutely safe to say that, if you meet somebody who claims not to believe these things, that person is either ignorant, stupid, or insane?
Comparing the ToE to these facts does not make the ToE a fact.
Good thing we have the evidence to back ToE up then, and not just empty claims.
Saying over and over again that something is a fact when it is not a fact is fraud, pure and simple.
Agreed.
Like the nonsense of Irreducible Complexity.
Definitely a fraud.
Or Ignorance, stupidity or insanity.
Pertinent is the following quote from
"A fact is something that exists beyond question. It is an actuality, an objective reality. It is established by solid evidence.
Sounds like Evolution to me.
A theory is something unproved but at times assumed true for the sake of argument. It has yet to be proved as factual. Nonetheless, sometimes something is declared to be a fact that is only a theory."
Like the Theory of Gravity or the Atomic Theory?
Look, you are either intentionally misrepresenting what a Scientific Theory is or you are completely ignorant of what the words mean.
If it is the latter, then this video should prove to be enlightening for you:
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Science Works! Scientific Theory Explained - YouTube
All scientists do not agree that the ToE is a fact. In fact, many scientists believe the evidence does not support this theory.
"The vast majority of the scientific community and academia supports evolutionary theory as the only explanation that can fully account for observations in the fields of biology, paleontology, anthropology, and others. One 1987 estimate found that "700 scientists ... (out of a total of 480,000 U.S. earth and life scientists) ... give credence to creation-science". An expert in the evolution-creationism controversy, professor and author Brian Alters, states that "99.9 percent of scientists accept evolution". A 1991 Gallup poll of Americans found that about 5% of scientists (including those with training outside biology) identified themselves as creationists.
Additionally, the scientific community considers intelligent design, a neo-creationist offshoot, to be unscientific, pseudoscience, or junk science."
Level of support for evolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also, there is, of course, Project Steve:
http://ncse.com/taking-action/project-steve
These men and women are neither ignorant, stupid, or insane.
Is it impossible for intelligent or educated people to be ignorant of certain subjects?
Millions of other intelligent people also do not believe the evidence supports this theory.
Then they have either not looked at, or understood, the evidence.
And just for the record, science is not a democracy.
It's a dictatorship.
And they are neither ignorant, stupid or insane.
Yes, they are.
(This is fun. How many times do you think we can go back and forth like this?
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And calling them that is contemptible, arrogant, and shows the weakness of the ToE.
Not if it's true.
Hint: it is.
ToE proponents know their pet is not accepted as fact and try to bully opposers of the theory by calling them stupid, insane, or ignorant (and other things as well).
Or...they are fed up with people who would rather cling to literal interpretations of ancient creation myths than look at the evidence.
